President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo earlier set up a committee of enquiry to investigate the shootings in Ejura during their protest. The 10-day probe will investigate incidents that led to the killing of of some two people and the injury of some others.
Taking turns on the first day of the committee’s sitting, a journalist with the Multimedia group who shot the video that went viral on social media shared the testament of what he saw.
He said the shooting continued for about 20 to 30 minutes causing some of them to retreat and others falling.
“I saw seven military personnel who engaged in the shooting during the protest. Four came first, and later another three joined them. The military initially started firing into the cloud, but later started firing into the protesters and some started falling and others retreating. The shooting went on for about 20 to 30 minutes,” he said.
He however dismissed suggestions from a member of the committee stating that the media could have exaggerated the incident with regards to the shooting.
Answering to questions from the committee, Erastus stated that as had been widely reported that the youth of the area were wielding guns and other ammunitions, he only saw the protestors with stones and machetes not gun.
Source: Appointedgh