The Commission of Inquiry looking into the shooting incident that rocked the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-ele"},"modified":"2019-02-28T06:31:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T06:31:40","slug":"emile-short-commission-to-visit-polling-station-where-violence-struck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/28\/emile-short-commission-to-visit-polling-station-where-violence-struck\/","title":{"rendered":"Emile Short Commission to visit polling station where violence struck"},"content":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n The Commission of Inquiry looking into the shooting incident that rocked the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election will on Friday visit the site where the violence occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n A release issued on Wednesday by Commission said it will conduct a locus visit to inspect and fully examine the scene of the violence and <\/span>the environment<\/span> surrounding the conduct of\u00a0the by-election on the 31st day of <\/span>January<\/span><\/span>\u00a02019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThis is a <\/span>fact-finding<\/span> exercise designed to <\/span>appraise<\/span><\/span> and furnish the Commission with corroborative evidence or otherwise relative to the testimonies given before it,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n The statement said proceedings will be held on Friday, March 1,\u00a02019, at 10.00am at the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, La Bawaleshie Presby Basic 1 Cluster of Schools at East\u00a0Legon in Accra.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Commission was established a three-member commission to inquire into the violence that marred last Thursday\u2019s by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in Accra.<\/p>\n Former\u00a0Commissioner for\u00a0the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Francis Emile Short, chairs the Commission\u00a0which also includes\u00a0law professor, Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu and former Inspector-General of Police, Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong.<\/p>\n Private legal practitioner and former Dean of the GIMPA Law School, Dr Ernest Kofi Abotsi, has also been appointed as Secretary to the Commission,<\/p>\n PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wednesday 27th February\u00a02019<\/span><\/p>\n Pursuant to its mandate and instrument of establishment contained under CI 111, the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission of Inquiry will be conducting a locus visit to inspect and fully examine the scene of the impugned events and <\/span>environment<\/span> surrounding the conduct of\u00a0the by-election on the 31st day of <\/span>January<\/span>\u00a02019.\u00a0This is a <\/span>fact-finding<\/span> exercise designed to <\/span>appraise<\/span> and furnish the Commission with corroborative evidence <\/span>or otherwise<\/span><\/span> relative to the testimonies given before it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The press <\/span>are<\/span><\/span> duly welcome to cover the process.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The proceedings will be held on Friday 1st March\u00a02019, at 10.00am at the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, La Bawaleshie Presby Basic 1 Cluster of Schools (East\u00a0Legon)<\/span><\/p>\n Please note, press accreditation will commence from\u00a00930hrs so do endeavour to be promptly represented.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Katherine Woode<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Public Relations Officer<\/span><\/p>\n Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission of Inquiry<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n