The families of three individuals who lost their lives at the hands of the police in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Savannah Region are demanding justice from the law enforcement authorities.Jimah Kocho, Habibu Abudi, and Haadi Salifu were apprehended by the police in 2022, taken from their residences in three separate communities, on suspicion of their involvement in a robbery incident within the region.

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According to family members, they were subsequently traced to Accra, and it was only after initiating legal proceedings that the police informed them that the three individuals had been fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire.Chief Inspector Adams Yahaya (retired), an uncle of two of the deceased, is calling for a thorough investigation into the incident and for those responsible to be held accountable.

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“We made some enquiries, and they told us the operation was not sanctioned by police headquarters or the National Operations in Accra. There’s no amount of money that can compensate human lives. So those who sanctioned the operation, we want the law to take its course, they should be investigated by a committee. If they are found culpable, they should be put before the court.

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“All the deceased had children and wives, we need something [money] that can cater for their children from now to the tertiary level. We also need an apology from the policy administration. They have tainted the image of the family, those boys were not armed robbers,” he said.

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