The upper west regional coordinating council and the Wa municipal assembly came under fire on Friday march 10, as some residents of Dondoli, a suburb of Wa.
The angry residents were calling for justice and the release of the remains of a young man who was allegedly shot dead by the police on Wednesday night.
Some members of the police anti-robbery squad allegedly shot and murdered Abubakari Sahid, because they believed he was a member of a robbery gang.
The irate Dondoli residents, who are mostly women and youth, gathered in singing and chanting, demanding justice for the deceased.
They were also demanding that the police withdraw the criminal tag on their slain brother and son, Abubakari Sahid before the body is released to them.
They accused the police of killing an innocent person and attempting to smear him with the criminal tag in order to cover up for their unprofessionalism.
A youth activist told tv3 the police must admit their guilt.
Sahid left home around 8.00pm yesterday to ‘Tangbile ju’ upon a request from Mallam Umaru whom he works with as a cleric.
Shortly after Mallam Umaru called to inform me that Sahid has been shot by the police on way to his house.
I quickly placed a call to the Assembly member for the area who confirmed that his attention was drawn to the incident by other who witnessed the incident.
We rushed to the scene and could not find Sahid and there was no official to provide any additional information.
We later found the body of Sahid at the mortuary the next morning.
Then the next thing we heard was the police tagging him as a criminal.
We demand that they withdraw that claim and admit their guilt to forestall peace’.
A brother of the deceased, Abubakari Nawaf, has been speaking about how the police assaulted him when he rushed to the scene to attend to his late brother.
I rushed to the scene upon a distress call from Sahid together with others.
We spotted one of the Police Officers riding the motorbike that was being used by Sahid upon reaching the scene.
The officer riding Sahid’s motorbike wore Liverpool Jersey over a jean trousers, spotting dreadlocks and earrings.
I confronted him, seeking to know where my brother is and why he was using his bike.
We pursued them to the police station, amidst demands to know the whereabouts of our brother.
The police now pounced on us, beating us with all manner of things, forcing us to abandon the mission and run for our lives’.
The regional police command is yet to issue a formal statement on the incident that led to the death of Abubakari Sahid.
Although the regional police command declined any comment publicly, they maintained that the deceased was a known criminal whose death is a blow to them because they needed him alive to assist them to arrest other accomplices.
By Peter Quao Adattor
