Interior Minister Ambrose Dery is leading a government delegation to officially inaugurate a divisional police command at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.
This is part of the government’s fulfilment of the recommendations of the Justice Koomson Committee on the Ejura disturbances that led to the deaths of two indigenes and the injury of three others.
Some residents of Ejura took to the streets in June 2021 to protest the killing of a social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed, popularly known as Kaaka.
A joint police and military team was deployed to respond to the protest, and while trying to disperse the protesters, they fired gunshots, resulting in the deaths of two people and the injury of three others.
The government, through the Ministry of Interior, subsequently constituted a committee to investigate the disturbances, which recommended, among other things, the payment of compensation to the victims and bereaved families.
The committee also recommended the expansion of the police command and the retooling of the police service in the area to enhance security.
The establishment of the Divisional Police Command is part of efforts to strengthen security and provide more resources to the police to carry out their duties.
