Statement: Mahama Ayariga Condemns Military Brutalities in Garu

Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Hon Mahama Ayariga has added his voice to military brutalities in Garu in the Upper East Region.The Bawku Central Legislator Called it as barbaric and must not be entertained.

Below is the full statement from the Bawku Central Legislator :

Let me add my voice to the series of condemnations of the military brutalities visited upon innocent youth and women in Garu. This is barbaric and unacceptable in today’s Ghana.

I had received calls around 3am of the day of the incident reporting the presence of Ghana Armed Forces men in the Garu area beating anyone they came across. I desperately tried to reach the National Security Minister at that early hour. He apparently did not know anything about it as he reached out to me and reported that he was in Europe.

Early in the morning I saw horrendous photos of the victims of the military brutalities. I extend my sympathies to all of them.

I will join my fellow Members of Parliament from the Upper East Region to call for a full scale inquiry into what happened. I recall being involved in a discussion with the Minister for National Security a few days earlier about some national security operatives who had been stopped in Garu and handed over to the police. I saw media reports of alleged shooting of the vehicle used by the national security operatives by unknown persons in the Garu area.

If the incident is a retaliation by the soldiers, this will be most unfortunate and unacceptable in today’s Ghana and he have to get to the bottom of the matter and hold the military personnel involved in this dastard act accountable.

Mahama Ayariga MP
Bawku Central