{"id":467809,"date":"2018-02-26T20:11:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/family-of-man-allegedly-shot-abandoned-by-police-demands-justice\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T20:11:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:11:03","slug":"family-of-man-allegedly-shot-abandoned-by-police-demands-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/26\/family-of-man-allegedly-shot-abandoned-by-police-demands-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of man allegedly shot, abandoned by police demands justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Monday, 26 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/98508580.295.jpg\" alt=\"Odai Injury\" title=\"Odai Injury\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Jonathan Odai Laryea has to undergo a surgery to remove the bullet lodged in his right leg<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519675863_522_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The family of the 21-year-old man allegedly shot and abandoned by the police at Pokuase on suspicion that he was a criminal, is demanding justice.<\/p>\n<p>Mother of Jonathan Odai Laryea has asked the police administration to investigate the incident and punish the officer responsible for her son\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Laryea has been left to his fate after he was shot on February 5, 2018, at 9 pm while on his way to buy food. The bullet is still in his right leg three weeks after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>He narrated to Myjoyonline.com last week how he was stopped by two men who were not in police uniform on that fateful day. He disregarded them, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He was later to be shot by one of them and rushed to the Police Hospital at Osu in Accra. Mr Laryea was at the facility for more than a week before his family was contacted.<\/p>\n<p>The police have refused to pay for the operation to remove the bullet from his right leg since the incident.<\/p>\n<p>But Naa Aforkor Otu wants the police administration to bear the cost of her son\u2019s operation because the family has spent all it has on him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I sell in the market but my business is suffering because I have spent all the money I have on my son, including paying for her bills at the hospital,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Another family member, the grandmother of the victim wondered why the police will shoot her grandson if he was merely a suspect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I visited him at the hospital, I was so angry and ask why the police will do that,&#8217; she told Myjoyonline.com, adding they have been struggling to raise the GHS5,000 for the operation.<\/p>\n<p>She has called on Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante-Apeatu and Interior Minister Ambrose Dery to intervene to ensure the safety of the victim.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 43 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics of Monday, 26 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-26 Jonathan Odai Laryea has to undergo a surgery to remove the bullet lodged in his right leg The family of the 21-year-old man allegedly shot and abandoned by the police at Pokuase on suspicion that he was a criminal, is demanding justice. 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