The Commanding Officer for the Infant Battalion in the Ashanti Region, Lt. Col. Kwasi Ware Peprah has expressed worry at the way the media has reported on the Ejura shooting incident.
Testifying before the three-member committee probing the matter, he disclosed that the media has not spoken to him over the matter and yet, reporting in the matter.
He said in times like this the media would have to clarify from the military because before we can remedy the situation, the situation would have gone haywire.
He was worried that no media house has spoken to him over the matter as the Battalion Commander “and they are out there saying all sort of things. The facts that we have is different from what they see so it is better if they consult before they come out with their information.”.
He was of the view that the media are sometimes sensational and get people to say all manner of things that are not proper.
He added that the primary role of the military in internal security is to help the police maintain law and order and the other one line is to restore law and order.
The restoration comes in when the Police are overwhelmed, he posited.
He said the military cannot apply the same approach used by the police when assisting with the maintenance of law and order.
The committee agreed with him stressing that the committee is also worried about how sensational the media is in reporting.
But the committee also advised the military to collaborate with the media in their operations so the media would have first-hand information on their activities.
It was the view of the committee that the military could have informed the Ghana News Agency or collaborated with the media in their operations at Ejura.
More than 100 people would have been dead
The Commanding Officer also justified the shooting incident adding they only used minimum force.
He said more than 100 people would have been dead if they had used maximum force.
He stated the military operations, was done by the Operation Calm Life team.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
