The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has revealed that he was the one who requested the military presence in Ejura on Tuesday, June 29, 2021.
As Chairman of the Regional Security Council, REGSEC the Minister noted that he had gathered a day before the protest that the protesters had planned to raze down the police station.
He said they had planned to carry out the action burial of social activist, Ibrahim Muhammed, alias Kaaka, who was attacked by a mob and later died on admission at the hospital.
“I called on the military, as the Chairman of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC), to be a backup a day before the incident. I did that based on intelligence I gathered that the youth had planned to go and burn the police station in the town and the homes of the two suspects the police have arrested after the burial of Kaaka.”
“It is very unfortunate what happened, but this isn’t the first time the military has been called upon to assist the police. It is a strategy I have used since 2017.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com