An officer of the Ghana Airforce caught on video, which went viral, firing AK 47 live rounds in the air at the A&C Mall, in East Legon, to ring in the new year is going to be punished for breaking the military service regulations.
Commander Andy La-Anyane, the acting Director, Department of Public Rations of the Ghana Armed Forces, says the soldier acted unprofessionally by firing his rifle indiscriminately at a public place.
“The Military High Command takes this particular incident seriously because it is unprofessional for a soldier to go to a public place and fire his rifle indiscriminately.
The Command is waiting for the outcome of the investigation by the military police and then the necessary sanctions will be applied to serve as a deterrent to others.”
In the video, Flight Sergeant Nicholas Owusu Frimpong, is seen firing an AK 47 assault rifle many times in the air at the A&C Mall, in East Legon, on the midnight of Friday, December 31, 2021, to usher in the new year – 2022.
The police in a statement signed by Superintendent Alexander Kwaku Obeng, confirming the arrest of the military officer said it followed the collaboration between the police service and the military police.
The police had earlier announced cash reward of Ghs5,000 for information leading to the arrest.
According to the police, the firing of the weapon broke the law.
The police say it is an offence for anybody to fire gunshots in public without “lawful and necessary occasion under section 209 of the criminal offences act 1960 (act 29)”.
An earlier statement announcing the Ghs5,000 bounty read: “The Police have intercepted a video in which a young man is seen firing several shots of a firearm suspected to be AK 47 at A&C Mall, East Legon, last night, December 31, 2021, purportedly to welcome the new year.
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