The president of policy think tank, IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe will join forces some lawyers to drag Midland Savings and Loans to court for allowing a police officer brutalize a nursing mother at one of their branches in Accra.
Franklin Cudjoe said he is taking action because the police officer in question could not have acted in that manner without instruction from officials of Midland.
“Now that the bank has said they are investigating the matter, it shouldn’t actually end there. I’m likely to talk to a few lawyers to sue the bank so that the bank will pay substantial damages so that the lady is properly compensated…I don’t think the best thing to do is to ask the police or any security guard to walk the woman out. The policeman was acting on instruction,” he added.
Lance Corporal Frederick Amanor was captured in a video that has gone viral brutally assaulting Patience Osafo who was at the bank to withdraw some amount of money at the bank after closing hours.
In the video, the police officer, who was armed with an assault rifle, is seen striking the woman, who was holding her baby, multiple times on the head, first with an umbrella, and then with his fists.
The officer also attempted to drag her out of the building violently.
The woman was holding on to the baby while the officer kicked and shoved her around.
Speaking on Citi FM/Citi TV’s new analysis programme on Saturday, Franklin Cudjoe said he would soon talk to some lawyers to take up the issue.
He explained that the move is aimed at getting a better compensation package for Patience Osarfo.
“This is beyond asking for charity for her because this happened right under their nose and properly sue them out of existence…. Whatever the issue was, the fact of the matter is that did she have legitimate money with the bank? She had it, and to the extent that she could take her money, you cannot deny her,” he added.
The Police have subsequently arrested the police officer.
The management of Midland Savings and Loans has also condemned the assault and assured that necessary action would be taken to ensure that the victim gets justice.
Source: Citi News
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Franklin leave this for the newly qualified lawyers, this is cheap, any small lawyer can get good compensation. An excuse to run away from the communication saga...
Franklin Cudjoe and his too known. Have u paid ur workers SSNIT? Deal with ur issues.
Leave that to the Ghana police and do more important things than chasing these things.You 're too known and you talk with little 7ense.
I THINK THE BANK SHOULD PAY ITS FAIR SHARE OF THIS SHAMEFUL AND RECKLESS ACT. I AGREE WITH FRANKLIN. IF THEY HAD NOT ASKED THE OFFICER TO THROW HER OUT, HE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE WHAT HE DID. THE OTHER PERSON WHO TOOK THE CHILD FROM THE WOMAN HAS TO BE SUED TOO. HIS INTENTION WAS TO PROTECT THE CHILD FROM BEING BEATEN BUT THE WOMAN. SHE DID NOT DESERVE THAT TREATMENT. LEFT TO ME ALONE, THAT BANK HAS TO BE CLOSED DOWN. ON THE OTHER HAND, CRISIS MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE A MAJOR PART OF GP TRAINING. HE COULD HAVE HANDLED THE SITUATION DIFFERENTLY IF HE HAD THE NECESSARY TRAINING. MAKE THEM PAY FRANKLIN.
ANOTHER MOUTH -MOUTH MAN. MORE NOISE THAN SENSE. MORE THREATS THAN ACTION. GO TO COURT.
NKWANTABISA Franklin Cudjoe, do not waist ours and your time on this Foot-Soldier Party Activist Police Boy. Going after him will be like, using Sledge Hammer to massacre a Fly. Let him alone for the Women to deal with him. I will rather advise you finish what you have Started with Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful. In respect of the $89/178 million KelniGVG Scandal. If you think that is too Hot for you to handle, then keep quiet till the Day of Judgement. All of you guys are part of Ghana woes. Too many intellectuals, yet they do not intellect anything. All Ghanaian Intellectual knows best is Propaganda, Blackmailing, Boot-Licking, etc, etc. Court of Public opinion has already sentence the naive Party Activist Foot-Soldier Police Officer. So do go riding on his bare back. Rather stick to your Communication Minister issue. I arrest my case.