The two are the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah and Erastus Asare Donkor, a journalist who shot the viral video of the shootings. Simon Osei-Mensah made the first appearance and mounted a spirited defence of his decision to order army personnel to the community. He claims to have received intel and did not have enough time to convey a Regional Security meeting on the intel as required by law. He saw nothing wrong with his unilateral decision to engage the service of army personnel contrary to what the law as pointed out by the committee members state. He dismissed suggestions from a member of the committee that the media could have exaggerated the incident.

Source: GhanaWeb July 07, 2021 07:07 UTC