A driver’s mate is critically wounded after he was shot by a police officer at Danchira in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
The victim was shot by an unprovoked police officer at a police snap checkpoint just opposite the Danchira police station.
Narrating the incident to media, the driver of a Kia truck registered GE 9643 W, Isaac Okyere said he was stopped at the Danchira Police snap checkpoint on the evening of Saturday, July 27, after delivering electrometers to an ECG sub-contracted company at Oblogo in the Weija Gbawe Municipality of the Greater Accra Region and began to drive off after answering all questions by a community police assistant at the checkpoint.
Corporal Franklin Forson then fired into the empty bucket of the truck without any provocation, according to the driver.
The bullets from the assault rifle penetrated the cabin and struck the diver’s mate who got severely injured and was rushed to the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital where he is currently undergoing treatment.
The driver who looked traumatised demanded an independent inquiry into the matter and for justice to be served.
Even though the senior officers at the Danchira police station declined to speak officially, snippets of information gathered by Channel One News suggest the matter is being treated as a mere accident and the police officer involved is being made to bear responsibility for the medical treatment of the victim.
Additional information suggests that the driver physically assaulted a senior police officer for attempting to record a verbal altercation between him and a policewoman from the station.
The matter is currently before the Police Intelligence and Professional Standard Bureau (PIPS).
Following the recent shooting incident, residents of the Danchira area are calling for a thorough investigation into the local police’s activities. Allegations of bribery, extortion, and protection of criminals, including land guards, have been directed at the police in the region.
Source: Calvis Tetteh
