Government has presented cheques of GH₵250,000 each to families of the seven young men killed by police at Manso-Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region in July 2018. The presentation ceremony was done at the Kumasi Central Mosque in the Ashanti Region yesterday. The Minister for Inner-Cities and Zongo Development, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, who presented the cheques, was […]
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250k for each family of Asawase murders is an insult, gov’t should up it to 1 million cedis-Muntaka
The opposition National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region has described as woefully inadequate, the amount of 250 thousand Ghana Cedis for each of the 7 families of the slain Asawase youth. According to Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, government should up the figure to 1 million Ghana cedis each to […]
Families of 7 persons killed by police in Asawase to get 1.75 million cedis compensation-President Akufo-Addo
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced a compensation package totaling GH¢1,750,000 to be paid to the families of the victims of last year’s Asawase shooting incident. According to President Akufo-Addo, GH¢250,000 for each of the 7 families is to be paid to the dependents of the deceased, explaining that “even though money cannot […]
Pressure mounts on AR police commander to come clear on guns displayed on the 7 alleged Asawase robbers
Pressure is mounting on the Ashanti Regional Police Commander Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Kwesi Mensah Duku to come clear on how the police in the region got the guns they placed beside the bodies of the 7 slain men from Asawase. Panelists on Accra based Joy Fm’s Newsfile programme hosted by Samson Lardy Anyenini […]
Asawase police killings: gov’t directs interdiction and dismissal of police officers, promises to compensate families
Government has directed the interdiction and dismissal of all the police men that were involved in the killing of some 7 men in the Asawase area in the Ashanti Region a couple of months ago. This follows the release of the report by the committee set up by government to investigate the circumstances that led […]