{"id":1108038,"date":"2022-06-02T15:21:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/02\/we-will-no-longer-tolerate-police-brutalities-in-the-country-bagbin-warns\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T15:21:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:21:14","slug":"we-will-no-longer-tolerate-police-brutalities-in-the-country-bagbin-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/02\/we-will-no-longer-tolerate-police-brutalities-in-the-country-bagbin-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"We will no longer tolerate police brutalities in the country \u2013 Bagbin warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Finance-Minister-Ken-Ofori-Atta-presents-Budget-2022_03-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Speaker of Parliament has served a strong warning to the Ghana Police Service and the other security agencies over their excesses.<\/p>\n<p>Alban S.K. Bagbin insists that the brutality of citizens will not be tolerated anymore.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cwe will no longer tolerate police brutalities in the country. Parliament is the center of this democracy in Ghana. The concept is very clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be forced to take stringent measures to curb this when it persists,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bagbin made the comments as part of the House\u2019s consideration of the Defence and Interior Committee\u2019s report on the incident of military-civilian brutality in Wa in the Upper West Region.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee, amongst other things, recommended compensation for victims and the trial of the culprits.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, July 1, 2021, a video showing armed soldiers beating some residents of Wa on the street went viral.<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers claimed they were searching for their stolen mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>A day after the incident, a team from the military, led by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Thomas Oppong Peprah, visited the area and offered an apology to the people of Wa.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo also apologised for the brutalities subsequently.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the disciplinary action from the military, the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament was directed to probe the incident after a request by the Minority side in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0nMRF9C_gsg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Public Flogging Protest: 25 people arrested for rioting in Wa - Premtobre Kasee on Adom TV (2-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0nMRF9C_gsg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Speaker of Parliament has served a strong warning to the Ghana Police Service and the other security agencies over their excesses. Alban S.K. Bagbin insists that the brutality of citizens will not be tolerated anymore. He said, \u201cwe will no longer tolerate police brutalities in the country. 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