The spouse of Akwasi Lala, also called Kushivi — the sufferer of the fatal shooting involving some military personnel at Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region — has damaged her silence concerning the incident.
Talking to the media, she recounted how she obtained the devastating information of her husband’s dying.
She revealed:
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I used to be informed that troopers have been beating my husband due to the shirt he was carrying. A couple of minutes later, I used to be knowledgeable that he had been shot as a result of he refused to take off his trousers — he wasn’t carrying something beneath.
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She additional disclosed her desperation in caring for his or her six youngsters and appealed for help:
Yesterday, I cooked an egg and carried out a quick ceremony to tell my youngsters about their father’s dying. There are about six of them. We now don’t have any choices as a result of he was the one one who cared for them. I’m pleading with the President and others to return to my assist — I don’t perceive how this occurred.
Background and Police Investigation
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The tragic taking pictures occurred at Nyinahin on Thursday, twenty fourth April, following a confrontation between army personnel and a few native youth.
The altercation resulted in a single fatality and accidents to a few others.
Based on a police assertion, preliminary experiences point out that the incident passed off when a gaggle of youths from Nyinahin have been on their technique to a cemetery alongside the Kumasi–Bibiani Freeway to bury a pal.
Whereas en route, a army truck carrying personnel stopped upon noticing one of many mourners wearing army camouflage.
Eyewitnesses reported that the army personnel approached the mourner and tried to forcibly take away the uniform.
A confrontation ensued, throughout which a soldier allegedly shot the mourner in the head, resulting in his dying. The deceased was later recognized as Akwasi Lala, also called Kushivi.
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The state of affairs escalated, and in an try to stop retaliation, the troopers reportedly fired additional gunshots, injuring three further mourners.
The Ashanti Regional command of the Ghana police service has since commenced investigations into the incident.
