Ejura Shootout: Journalist Testifies 7 Soldiers Did Shooting, Lasted About 20-30mins
A journalist, giving a sworn testimony at the Ministerial Committee on the Ejura Shootouts, has said seven (7) soldiers engaged in the shootout.
He also noted that, the said soldiers, first four, then later joined by three, initially fired warning shots up the sky, before they shot at protestors.
Erastus Asare Donkor, with the Multimedia Group in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, the shootout that left two protesters dead and four others injured in the Ejura, lasted for about 20to 30 minutes.
He made this known when he appeared before the three-member ministerial committee investigating the issue.
“I saw seven military personnel who engaged in the shooting during the protest. Four came first, and later another three joined them.”
“The military initially started firing into the cloud, but later started firing into the protesters and some started falling and others retreating.
“The shooting went on for about 20 to 30 minutes”, Erastus Asare Donkor said.
The Multimedia Media journalist also disclosed that one of the persons who died from the incident was very helpful to him and his team.
According to him, the protesters initially opposed being filmed, but Nasiru Yussif, one of the two protesters who died, spoke to the demonstrators in Hausa, and were made ware.
“When we got to the scene, the youth were angry, and so they told us not to film what was happening, but one of the protesters, now deceased, Nasiru Yussif, spoke to them in Hausa, and they calmed down.
“So he and another guy formed a ring around us, so we could perform our duties. He was very active, following us wherever we went.”
“So they now allowed us to film the demonstration. Some of them were holding sticks, others having knives, and others also wielding machetes.
“Some of them were also angrily chanting their anger at the death of Kaaka. Nasiru directed which path to go.
“At a point, he directed us to a storey building from which we could film”, Erastus Asare Donkor narrated.
Aked how he would describe the actions of the military on the day, Mr Donkor, said military personnel could have been a bit considerate.
The general public is of the view that nothing actionable would come from the ministerial committee and justice will once again not be served.
Source:Citinewsroom.com
