to probe the alleged <\/a>violence<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0visited on the protestors.<\/p>\nBut speaking to NPP supporters in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale as part of his \u201cRise and Build\u201d tour of the Region, Nana Addo indicated that an Independent Commission of Inquiry is what is needed to probe the attacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president of the Republic, John added his voice to the chorus of condemnation and told us that he has directed the Police command to institute and enquiry into what happened and make appropriate arrangement for their better conduct in the future. Respectfully, I want to disagree with the President of the Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n
He explained that after the incident, \u201cthe Police hierarchy were very quick to come out to defend their action\u201d saying an internal enquiry is likely to lead to a cover up because “the hierarchy will find it very difficult to reverse itself.”<\/p>\n
\u201cAn independent commission of inquiry is what is needed so that we can have an impartial, objective and a transparent enquiry which will make the appropriate recommendations that will enable us to have confidence that we have a Police service, a security unit that can police a free, open, democratic society.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nana Addo also used the opportunity to empathize with the young man who allegedly lost one of his eyes during the Police brutalities.<\/p>\n
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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n