CHRAJ condemns Ashaiman military brutality - Adomonline.com

The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has condemned last Tuesday’s military exercise at Taifa, a suburb of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region.

The military further rounded off over one hundred individuals who the Ghana Armed Forces described as suspects in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old service man Sherrif Imoro.

Although the action by the military was widely considered as a move to avenge the murdered soldier, the Ghana Armed Forces in a statement released to the press explained that the exercise was an “intelligence-led operation.”

However, reacting to the incident Joseph Whittal, the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice, told Joy News’ Blessed Sogah that the exercise does not pass the test for an intelligence-led operation while adding that the military acted wrongly.

He added that “any defense of it by any leadership of the military is a misplaced support

When asked about the fears of reprisals from aggrieved residents, Mr Whittal noted that the military still have weapons that they can always apply.

He also stressed that CHRAJ “when called upon will take the right steps because it is the ombudsman that has constitutional powers to investigate military issues in the event that the military go beyond their normal duty and it affects the right of people.”