The Commander of the military force helping to keep the peace in Bawku, Capt. Frank Abrokwa, has denied stripping any suspects naked, contrary to claims he and his men paraded a suspect naked through the town on Wednesday.
The suspect was picked up by military officers along with a second person, after a shooting incident Wednesday morning and handed over to the police.
The MP for the area, Adamu Sakande and Salifu Bashiru, South Katinga assemblyman have told Citi FM the suspects were stripped naked before being paraded through town on the way to the police station.
However, the military commander told Joy News the allegations were false, explaining that the suspect who did the shooting was half naked on his arrest.
According to Captain Frank Abrokwa, the suspect resisted arrest as the soldiers attempted to get him to lead them to the source of the gun he wielded.
Early reports suggested he had attempted to shoot at two farmers who were on their way to harvest their sweet potatoes and upon missing them, called in the second suspect to come pick him up on a motorbike.
Captain Frank Abrokwa said as the suspect resisted arrest, his trousers got torn in the ensuing struggle with the soldiers, and since the area of his arrest was not motorable, the soldiers had no choice but to walk him through town to the police station.
Story by Isaac Yeboah/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
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