On Sunday, January 13, 2019, there was an incident at Alavanyo Dzogbadze leading to the death of 2 young men whiles 6 sustained various degree of injury.
An eyewitness told Awake News at that about 11:30am on Sunday morning the Police had come to the town to embark on an operation where they destroyed some wee farm. In the process the police got their AK7 rifle and two handcuffs missing.
Soon after, they returned to the town to report to the chief that their AK7 and two handcuffs are missing where the Chief, Torgbe Petekuatsi V assured them he will help find the missing items.
The eyewitness further stated that while the police were leaving the chief’s palace, the youth started “hooting” at the Joint Military-Police Taskforce (6 police officers and 3 military officers) and “all of a sudden the police started shooting”.
“the police killed two young men and injured about 8 eight people who are currently at the Margaret Maquat Catholic Hospital at Kpando”
This account was however refuted by the Volta Regional Police Commander, DCOP Francis Doku saying, his men were rather “caught up in a crossfire with some unknown assailants while on an operation in the town upon wind that some persons were hoarding ammunition in the town of Dzogbadze.
The crossfire, which he said the youth had cut power supply to the town and started shooting forcing the Police officers to return fire resulting into the incident.
The Alavanyo Youth Association while calling for an independent investigation into the incident, maintain that there was never any crossfire.
They, therefore, posed the below questions to the Commander over his claims:
Alavanyo Killings: #AskDCOP_DOKU
1. How could the youth switch of power supply to the whole town? And if he has any evidence because ECG can ascertain if power was cut and where it was cut from?
2. Are the people stupid to run to the mountains and be shooting back into their own township in the darkness in the aim of shooting at the military?
3. If the military were shooting back at the mountains, how come people died on the street?
4. One of the deceased was having Banku in his hand. Has Banku become an ammunition?
5. There were peace keepers at Kpeme why didn’t they bring them to the area when their items were “seized” but had to go all the way to Nkonya to bring reinforcement to Alavanyo Dzogbedze whilst those at Kpeme were just few minutes away.
6. Does he agree that those stationed at Kpeme shot and killed a 70yr old man and set their FPU tank ablaze to incriminate the youth in the issue?
7. Where did the set the weed and maize farm ablaze in the evening of Sunday and what was DOKU doing in there with his boys? We have audio visual evidence of them burning the farms.
8. What is his evidence that the youth shot at the police cum military that warranted a fire back killing two on the spot.
Is that what they are taught at the training school if it even had happened?
9. After hearing the side of his men, did he also cross check from the village to ascertain the fact before speaking a one sided story to the media?
10. When speaking to Joy FM yesterday Monday, 14th January in the morning @10am, he said the bodies were deposited at the morgue. That was blatantly false. The media were at Alavanyo Dzogbedze throughout the day, the bodies were moved at 3-4pm yesterday. Is he a man to be trusted?
11. Knowing too well that Alavanyo and Nkonya are not in very good terms, what was the motivation of the 6 officers to call for reinforcement from an enemy camp in Nkonya while there were capable military officers stationed at Alavanyo Kpeme?
12. How can two boys in handcuffs escape from six security officers with their handcuffs and a riffle while in a moving vehicle ( as reported by DCOP DOKU to Joyfm) without being caught by trained military and police officers?
13. Is he having knowledge about any police officer who has given about Ghc.20,000 to his brother to cultivate wee for him at Alavanyo Dzogbedze?
14. Was he at the farm with those officers who came from Ashiaman and Ho to destroyed some wee farms including a maize farm?
If he No,
Would he resigned from the service if we produce the boys who were at the bush when they came and are aware of an officer giving out monies for the wee farming and he DCOP DOKU was part of those officer who came and destroyed the farms and he was the one who has ordered those killers to shoot and kill the innocent people because they were not able to get their harvest from the wee?
15. Why did DCOP DOKU got infuriated and brought his Press Conference today to an abrupt end when the press who were at the grounds at Alavanyo Dzogbedze were asking him these questions?
Our Solace still is in Psalm 109 : 8-13.
Source: AwakeNewsOnline.com | Efo Korsi Senyo