Owusu Bempah Condemns Brutal Torture Of An Alleged Thief At Agogo
Head of Corporate Communications at Ghana Gas, Ernest Owusu Bempah has condemned brutal torture of an alleged thief, Kwaku Enoch Frank at Agogo market square on Sunday, 11th July 2021.
According to him, the citizens erred by taking the law into their own hands without handing the suspect to the police for the law to take its course.
In a statement signed and copied to Peacefmonline, Mr. Owusu Bempah said he was shocked to learn of the brutal torture of a supposed thief at Agogo market square on Sunday afternoon.
“The Suspect should have been handed over to the police and law enforcement agencies for necessary action. For citizens to take the law into their own hands and carry out such instant justice is quite appalling and medieval.”
I find the action of the perpetrators of this atrocious crime as very barbaric and one that greatly dims the nation's human rights record, he added.
Read the full statement below;
The 19-year-old Agogo native was beaten to pulp and tortured with metal objects and wires inserted in his anus on a suspicion of being a thief.
Kwaku Enoch Frank was allegedly tortured by a group of men into confessing he was a thief and that he is involved in thievery in the Agogo environs. He suffered horrific wounds and cuts on all his body.
I find the action of the perpetrators of this atrocious crime as very barbaric and one that greatly dims the nation's human rights record.
The suspect should have been handed over to the police and law enforcement agencies for necessary action. For citizens to take the law into their own hands and carry out such instance justice is quite appalling and medieval.
That they apprehended him stealing does not in any way warrant branding him as a notorious thief who deserved to be subjected to such an ordeal.
It is very disheartening that in this day and age, we would rather visit instance justice on alleged thieves than handing them over to law enforcement.
I call on traditional authorities and every right-thinking Agogo citizen to condemn this barbarous act in no uncertain terms.
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice(CHIRAJ) and the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection must as a matter of urgency step in and deal with the matter head-on.
And while we are at, the Agogo District Police Command must institute immediate investigations into the matter and have the perpetrators dealt with according to the law.
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