Ashaiman: More than 72 people arrested by soldiers - Ashaiman MP

According to the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, he has been informed that the soldiers took the people they arrested away.

“But as I speak to you the police commander just told me that 72 is an understatement, and that they are more than that, they [soldiers] are still arresting people when you go into some communities,” Mr Norgbey said in a radio interview on Citi FM, monitored by Graphic Online.

Some said they saw the soldiers around 2am.

His assumption was that it was as a result of the downpour but when he stepped out, he saw some soldiers on the stretch, there were no vehicles moving.

He said his brother later told him he woke earlier and saw soldiers beating up some other people.

He said he saw that vehicles passing by were stopped, male passengers dragged out and beaten up, “you people kill our colleague”, some of the soldiers reportedly said.

Another eyewitness said the said soldiers knocked on doors and anybody who came out allegedly received some slaps.