'Please find pity on me sir' - Man, 30, breaks down in court before receiving his jail sentence
It was a trial to finish when His Lordship Abdul Yusif Asibey sat at the high bench of the Brekum Circuit Court to give his verdict on a defilement case. The case which had been going for eight months was finally settled when the accused, Stephen Ayi, confessed to the court on 21 December 2021 of defiling a 14-year-old girl.
Security officers should wear body cameras- Ministerial Committee suggests
Police and soldiers deployed to tackle rampaging crowds in any part of the country should now be made to wear body cameras. Vehicles and gadgets for such riot control operation must also have cameras. This is part of recommendations made to the Interior Minister by the three-member committee that was set up to investigate the last June violent clashes in Ejura.
Actions of the Catholic Bishops over the Ejura Shooting Incident
The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) says it is "disgusted" at the shooting incident in Ejura which led to the death of two young men named, Murtala Mohammed and Abdul Yusif, during the protest to demand justice for the murder of Ibrahim Mohammed also known as Kaaka