The family of embattled Lance Corporal, Frederick Amanor is pleading with Ghanaians to forgive the officer for violently beating a woman up at Midland Savings and Loans company on Thursday.
In a statement, the family said it had known Frederick Amanor as an amiable person, very caring and considerate,” hence his behavior as captured in the viral video was unusual of him.
A horrific video that circulated on social media on Friday showed a middle-aged nursing mother being severely physically assaulted by a uniformed and armed police officer.
The officer, Frederick Amanor , hit the woman's head several times with an umbrella before landing many blows on her head and face.
He also dragged her across the floor as the woman tried to resist and fight back.
Reports say the incident occurred when the woman insisted on receiving her GH¢270, saved with the financial institution on Thursday.
An official of the company is said to have told the woman said they could not give her the money because their system was down but the woman, who had reportedly been chasing her cash since Monday refused to leave.
According to her, the staff of the company ordered the police officer to throw her out when she refused to leave.
Many Ghanaians took to social media to express outrage over the matter, demanding justice for the woman and the arrest of the officer.
The Police in a statement said it had begun investigations into the matter and will ensure justice for the victim and the perpetrator sanctioned.
The management of Midland Savings and Loans has since condemned the assault.
But the family of the beleaguered Police has also issued a statement appealing to the Inspector General of the Police, and the victim, Patience Osafo to forgive the officer for the dastardly act.
While admitting that L/Cpl Frederick Amanor's act was “barbaric” and “inhumane,” the family said, “human as we are, offending one another is inevitable.”
It, however, urged Ghanaians to pray for the officer to “remember our son in their prayers for the good Lord to reform his twisted mind and steer him on a decent and humane path.”
Read the statement below:
The family of L/Cpl Frederick Amanor wishes to render an unqualified apology to the President, the IGP, Ms Patience Osafo, the victim and the good people of Ghana for the untold embarrassment our son has brought unto us and the nation.
The conduct of our son was barbaric, inhumane and antithesis to the professional training in the police.
We have known Skalla as an amiable person, very caring and considerate and his conduct as captured on the tape is very unusual of him.
That notwithstanding, we are pleading with the good people of Ghana to find that forgiving heart deep down within to forgive our son.
No amount of money, words or expressions can restore the violations Ms Osafo Patience suffered. However, human as we are, offending one another is inevitable.
We are therefore pleading with Ghanaians to join us to apologize to Ms Osafo Patience for the savage beatings she suffered at the hands of our son.
We are deeply sorry and pray that the Good Lord heals n consoles her. We are passionately pleading with Ghanaians to remember our son in their prayers for the good Lord to reform his twisted mind and steer him on a decent n humane path.
We are grateful that notwithstanding the sad images this video lives in your memory, you will not dwell on the negative but help us to pray to reform such characters in the service
Thank you
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The video speaks for itself. no one need to school anyone about anybodies character. once you watch you form your own opinion and that is what it is. This so called family letter if genuine is an insult to the victim and family( does she even have a family) we prefer to hear from the victims family instead and what action they are taking make this man stays. This is a very fine case in civilized countries.
There is nothing callled to air is human, he is suppose to protect the law and people so let the law deals with him, period.
WELL, HE DIDN'T PORTRAY HIS KIND AND GENTLE BEHAVIOR ON THAT FAITHFUL DAY.HE SHOULD SEEK FORGIVENESS FROM OUR GOD ALMIGHTY.
This brother is well behaved young man but during process of take the woman out a spirit entered him .So he thought he was fighting a man.Please forgive ....
We will forgive him because to err is human but he should be relieve of his duties and order to go and learn how to treat human beings and be properly reform before he look for a better job like boxing which will fit him very well.
THis ***barred word***,the acts of the polce man unpardonable he must face the law no one is above the law.
Read and make sure you understand. The woman did not in anyway annoy the police man, it was an instruction from the bank management to throw her out because she insisted on getting her GH¢270.00, which she has been chasing since Monday
This apology from the family of this woman beater who doubles as an undisciplined police officer should be dumped into the garbage bin. It does no damage control at all but rather annoys any sane person.If he is kind of person that the family wants the world to believe his brutal attitude on that day depicts the opposite.Allow the law to take its course.
We Are Anonymous, We Are Legion, We dont forgive, We Dont forget, We Are comming for u..
sometimes when things happen we only judge from one side, that is we solely listen and stand by the victimized person without listening to the other person and we end up judging the whole case wrongly , maybe the lady said something that triggered the guys anger, a lot of thing happened before the video was taken, let not be fast in judging others because we can also find ourselves in the guys situation, if not us personally our family member can find himself in such situation, we are all human with a bit of ***barred word*** attitude in us and others can control theirs but other struggles with their. please lets forgive