Latest release on the cruel killing of Trooper Imoro Sheriff by Hon. Norgbey, MP for Ashiaman
STATEMENT OF ERNEST HENRY NORGBEY, MP FOR ASHAIMAN, ON THE ARREST OF SIX SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALLEGED KILLING OF TROOPER IMORO SHERIFF
Ashaiman, 13th March 2023
- I have received, with great relief, news that the Ghana Police Service has arrested six people at various places in Ashaiman concerning the cruel killing of Trooper Imoro Sheriff.
- While I admit that an arrest, without more, does not fully complete the pursuit of justice and that successful prosecution is critical to the lawful resolution of all crimes, I believe that the apprehension of the six suspects is a giant step towards unravelling the mystery surrounding the shocking killing of the young soldier.
- I commend the men and women of the Ghana Police Service for their calm but swift and professional conduct thus far in meticulously investigating the circumstances surrounding Trooper Imoro’s death.
- Through their efforts thus far, the officers and personnel of the Ghana Police Service have assured the good people of Ashaiman and the entire population of our nation that the Ghana Police Service, led by the IGP COP George Akuffo Dampare, have the capacity and competence to investigate all horrifying crimes, including the kind that unfortunately took Trooper Imoro to an early grave. Indeed, the good people of Ghana and Ashaiman will forever remember the noble services of the men and women of the Ghana Police Service to Ashaiman when it mattered most.
- I pray that the Attorney-General’s Department will subsequently ensure swift, fair, fearless and successful prosecution of all the suspects involved in the alleged killing of Trooper Imoro and for our courts to return a safe verdict that serves as a bold line of deterrence to all persons who may want to break the law.
- May I use this opportunity to once more demand that the Parliament of Ghana or an Independent Committee investigate the conduct and misconduct of the soldiers who were unlawfully deployed at Ashaiman on the 7th day of March 2023, supposedly to find the alleged killers of Trooper Imoro.
- The proposed investigation must establish the identities of the officers responsible for the unlawful deployment and those of the soldiers who took the law into their own hands to brutalise, torture and dehumanise innocent residents of Ashaiman in the name of finding the alleged killers of Tropper Imoro.
- The State must punish all those involved in the unlawful deployment and the resulting hooliganism that brought the enviable image of the Ghana Armed Forces into disrepute.
- Let me also use this opportunity to repeat my earlier call for calm in Ashaiman and to reassure the people of the constituency that I, as their representative in Parliament, will work day and night to ensure that JUSTICE is done concerning the killing of Trooper Imoro and the horrifying human rights abuses resulting from the unlawful deployment of soldiers in Ashaiman last week.
- I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Trooper Imoro over the gruesome killing of their beloved son and the irreplaceable loss, grief and pain it has inflicted. In the same vein, I extend my heartfelt sympathies to all the people of Ashaiman who suffered various cases of abuse at the hands of our military on the 7th day of March 2023.
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- By this statement, I am also thanking all citizens of the world who have sent messages of condolence, sympathy and support to the family of Trooper Imoro and the victims of the unlawful military operation that desecrated constitutionally guaranteed human rights in Ashaiman last week.
- May God bless our homeland Ghana and make our nation great and strong.
Signed:
Ernest Henry Norgbey
Member of Parliament for Ashaiman