Full Text: Ejura Committee of Inquiry Report

Government of Ghana has publish the report of the three-member ministerial committee set up to probe the disturbances in Ejura in the Ashanti Region following the murder of social activist Kaaka Anyass Ibrahim.

The 55 page report published on Monday, September 28 and sighted by GhanaPlus.com has among it’s details summary of the evidence of the 22 witness which appear from it from, 9th of July 2021 through to July 16, findings, recommendations and conclusions.

Ejura protest turn bloody

It could be recalled a protest by resident of Ejura to seek justice for the murdered social activist and #FixTheCountry Campaigner Kaaka Anyass Ibrahim, on June 29 turned bloody when the military opened fire on the protestors.

Two persons were confirmed dead while four others sustained various degrees of injuries.

Subsequently, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo tasked the Minister of Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery to put together a committee to probe the disturbances and present the report in 10-days.

The Ejura Committee of Inquiry

The three member committee was  chaired by Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice George Kingsley Koomson and has Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, a Security Expert, and Ms Juliet Amoah, the Executive Director of Penplusbytes, a not-for-profit organisation into good governance and the promotion of new media with a Principal State Attorney, Ms Marie-Louise Simmons, is the Secretary.

The committee was among other things tasked by the Interior Minister on Thursday, July 1 to look into the circumstances that led to the disturbances, which claimed two lives and left four injured.

The committee in the report blamed the murder of the social activist on family feud and made 10 point recommendations for implementation.

The full report below

REPORT-OF-COMMITTEE-OF-INQUIRY-THE-EJURA-INCIDENT_July-2021

Source: GhanaPlus.com