My son was shot on his way to buy food – Mother of Amputated boy tells committee
Madam Salamatu Mohammed, the mother of the 16-year-old boy, Mohammed Awal Misbawu, whose leg has been amputated after he sustained gunshot wounds during the Ejura shooting incident last two weeks, has indicated that her son wasn’t part of the protest.
Awal’s mother told the committee investigating the Ejura Shooting that, she had given her son money to go and buy food after he complained of hunger when the regrettably incident occurred.
According to the woman, her son lost consciousness after the gunshot but later regained consciousness at the hospital.
Madam Salamatu Mohammed disclosed to the three eminent committee probing the circumstances of the incident on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, when she appeared before them.
“My son told me he was going to buy the food, and he saw some military men coming and suddenly, he fell down and lost consciousness. He told me, he regained his consciousness at the hospital. The next day, the doctor told us that he has referred my son to Duayaw Nkwantah hospital. So they procured an ambulance, and he was taken there. When we got there around 4:00 pm, the doctor admitted us and requested us to pay GHS1,500 for an operation to be conducted on my son.”
“So my son was taken to the theatre, and he (doctor) observed my son and said he couldn’t continue, and that we should send him to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. My son was admitted and taken to the theatre. The doctor said he can’t do anything on the leg unless he amputates it. So as we speak, he is still at the hospital, and he has been amputated.”
She also disclosed that she didn’t know of the protest as of the time the son was going to town.
She said if she knew about the protest outside, she wouldn’t have sent her son out.
“I didn’t know the situation in town; as at the time, he was going to buy the food. But all I can say is that he wasn’t part of the demonstration.”
Source: kessbenonline.com
