Director of the College of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Professor Kwesi Aning, has criticized the Ghana Armed Forces for wreaking havoc on Ashaiman residents.

On Tuesday, March 7, military forces raided Ashaiman and brutalized anyone they came across in response to the alleged murder of a military officer nearby.

According to Prof. Aning, the military's actions are regrettable, unlawful, and an infringement on the authority of the Ghana Police Service to make arrests.

Speaking to the media, the security analyst said “all crimes are punishable by law, but in punishing those crimes, we cannot take the law into our own hands.”

He maintained that though the killing of the military personnel is condemnable, under no circumstance should the military have moved to the area in an attempt to arrest the supposed killers.

“When a person is in uniform representing the state of Ghana and you attack that person, you’ve attacked the state of Ghana. The response mechanism for those who feel offended was to go to the police and report because it is the Ghana Police Service that is the frontline agency that should have undertaken the investigations, find the evidence, and use it to prosecute those arrested.”

“It is unfortunate that the friends of this young man who has unfortunately died, have taken the law into their hands and brought the reputation of Ghana into disrepute,” Prof Aning added.

According to reports, unidentified assailants stabbed a 22-year-old soldier with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) band to death on Saturday morning.

According to sources, the sad situation happened when the soldier was returning from his girlfriend's home in Taifa and moving toward his residence in Zongo-Laka in Ashaiman.