It was the Commander of the 10 military personnel deployed to Ejura claim that they verbally gave a warning before firing warning shots to disperse the angry youth.

This piece of evidence is, however, contrary to what the 3-member Committee, which investigated the Ejura brawl found that immediately the assigned personnel touched down, they started firing warning shots.

To avoid these doubts and contradictions, the Committee chaired by Justice George Kingsley Koomson with the two other members, Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso and Juliet Adime Amoah, recommended that the security officers deployed to control crises should wear bodycams as well as have cameras affixed to their vehicles and other gadgets.

This was contained in the report submitted to the President on July 27, 2021.

Similarly, the suggestion could be driven by footages of scene been captured and provided by journalists reporting on the burial of Kaaka and aftermath riot to the Committee.

Already, the police over the past years had assigned itself the duty of achieving world class policing, therefore, the addition of bodycams further falls in line with international security standards, they aim at.

Police wearing bodycams during deployments will help clarify any inconsistencies and resolve matters that may arise in the law enforcement as well as make the personnel accountable for their actions.

The surveillance footages will provide visual and audio evidence that can be independently validates misconduct and corruption of an officer.

The Committee was set up by President Akufo-Addo to establish events that led to the uproar at Ejura in the Ashanti region in late June this year.

Justice Koomson Committee in the report found that Kaaka’s death may not necessarily be linked to his social media activism that hammers on poor development of Ejura.

Whereas, this perception thrust opened the community to the disturbance.

In fact, the Committee made no use of the testimonies of late Kaaka’s immediate family, wife and brother, that that suggest the deceased was hunted by persons who found the development advocacy distasteful.

But the Committee firmly settled on evidence by the deceased family co-tenants that late Kaaka was allegedly killed by his own brother.

To improve security of the community, the Committee made a total of ten recommendations.

Story by Akutu Dede Adimer