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Police acted unprofessionally - Mampong school

Francis Gbeneh, the tutor shot to death (Image credit: Facebook)

Police in Mampong in the Ashanti region on Wednesday, February 10, 2016, mistakenly shot and killed two people of the Mampong Midwifery Training College.

The incident happened at dawn on Wednesday killing Francis Gbenneh, a teacher at the Midwifery and Health Assistants Training School (HATS) in the town and his brother, Thaddeus Gbeneh.

The Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police, ASP Yusif Mohammed Tanko had explained that the police had a distress call about a robbery incident at Mampong.

He said the police, on arriving at the scene spotted the two brothers on their motorcycle and fired at them, believing they were robbers fleeing arrest.

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But, addressing a news conference on Thursday, management of the Mampong Midwifery Training College said the police shot the two intentionally.

The Vice Principal of the College, Mercy Poku, said they are seeking for justice.

Narrating the incident, the Vice Principal said “Around 1:00am, the tutor called another tutor to call the police and the police patrol team came around to the Bungalow. According to her, the policemen on arrival asked her and the other occupant to go inside the house and lock the gate. The police gave two warning shots at the back of the bungalow after they had searched the bungalow after they had searched the place and jumped into their car and went away. The two security men who were on duty at the school’s administration and witnessed the shooting incident said around 3:00am, they heard multiple gunshots and then they saw the occupants of the motorbike fell and the vehicle stopped. Policemen then came out of the car and one of them made a phone call. After making the call, another police officer walked closer corked the gun and fired the victims that were lying on the floor. They then carried them into the bucket of the vehicle together. After about twenty minutes, the police scene returned to the scene and picked some things from the ground and came back for the third time and left.”

The school is therefore demanding for an independent investigation team to look into the matter.

"We strongly believe that if on this particular occasion, if the police were a bit more professional, this incident wouldn’t have happened. We seek for justice...In the morning, seven bullet shells were picked from the scene and another one found given to the BNI. The multi-billion question is whom did the police call? Why did the police keep firing when the victims were not firing back,” she asked.

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