Report by the 3-member committee on the disturbance at Ejura in the Ashanti region, suggests that the evidence put before it by the police that Riot Vehicle was deployed to the community at the instance of the late Kaaka’s family, was an afterthought.

The Committee drew the conclusion because the district and deputy regional police commanders failed to provide proof to support the claim.

The Committee, as a result, blamed the immediate cause of the riot on the police for deploying the water canon to the cemetery to create an atmosphere of fear and panic.

The 3-member committee chaired by Justice George Kingsley Koomson and supported by Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso and Juliet Adime Amoah, was of a firm believe that the water canon could have been sent to protect the police station or the municipal assembly.

“The committee finds this piece of evidence as an afterthought. One wonders why the burial of Kaaka should require police protection. In light of the events, which happened on June 28, it would have being convincing, if the Riot Vehicle had been deployed at either the police station or the Municipal Assembly,” it said. 

It believes that the youth revolted against the law enforcers because they were irritated by the sight of the vehicle at the cemetery.

Alright, it said the tempers were high, due to the perception that Kaaka alleged murder was in connection with his social media activism.

The Committee further condemned the security for using live ammunitions on the rioters, despite they using implements such as machetes, cutlasses, swords, clubs and stones.