Kaaka’s family to make a statement on the Ejura Committee report today
Following the family’s reservations about the Ejura Committee report, the late Kaaka’s family is scheduled to officially make their response known on the 55 paged report today Monday, October 4, 2021.
This follows the conclusion of the Justice Koomson committee report published on Monday, September 27, 2021, stating that a correlation cannot be drawn between Kaaka’s activism and his death.
The committee linked the death to a misunderstanding in the family where portions of the reports state that “We, accordingly, find that the death of ‘Kaaka’ was not directly linked to his social media activism. It is more probably a family feud. This is also supported by the testimony of Aminu Mohammed, a resident of Ejura and a friend of the late Kaaka”.
Removal of the Municipal Chief Executive for the area, who had already been dropped for a new MCE, and compensation for the affected families and victims was part of the committee’s key recommendations.
The Ejura Police commander was also recommended by the Committee to be transferred whiles they called for sanctions against the military for the use of excessive force.
Per Kaaka’s family initial reaction to the report they complained that it was fraught with factual inaccuracies.
They stated that they have problems with most of the Committee’s findings and recommendations as well.
“We have lived for centuries and there is no feud among us. We think that in the law court, we can examine some of the testimonies because some of the witnesses knew they were going to peddle falsehood, so they went in camera. So to be frank, we are not happy with the report, it contains a lot of speculations and factual inaccuracies,” a brother of the late Kaaka said
However, lawyer Martin Kpebu, Executive Director of the Human Rights and Governance Centre has expressed his disappointment with the Committee’s silence on the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah.
For him, he expected the committee to recommend his removal from office.
He said, “It is shocking that though the committee had the courage to say that the District Police Commander should be transferred when it came to the Regional Minister, the committee was silent.”
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
