Ashaiman military action was a sanctioned operation – Deputy Defence Minister

Deputy Defence Minister, Kofi Amankwa-Manu, has revealed that the military operation at Ashaiman on Tuesday dawn, was a sanctioned operation.

Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, Kofi Amankawa-Manu said the operation was sanctioned by the military high command to investigate the death of the young soldier.

“And so at dawn this morning the soldiers mounted this operation to find or to bring to book the perpetrators of this heinous crime.

And so the operations undertaken this morning was a sanctioned operation by the military high command, it’s a well-coordinated operation, that’s basically what’s happening,” he said.

According to him, the operation was necessary to curtail what he suggests is a growing attack on military men in the country.

“Because my brother, there is something happening in this country and I think that we really must be careful

Every now and then a soldier is killed, let us take our minds back, not too long ago, Major Mahama met his untimely death while on duty, this young man, a young soldier in military uniform going to the parents again was murdered