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A report yet to be submitted to the presidency has found the military guilty of brutalizing some residents of Ashaiman in March 2023 after the death of a soldier – citinewsroom.com has reported.

Their action was widely condemned by Ghanaians after a committee was set to investigate the incident.
 
The Committee on Defence and Interior in Parliament has finalized its investigation with recommendations yet to be submitted to the presidency.  
 
According to the committee, “persons brutalised by the military in Ashaiman on 7th March 2023, who sustained various degrees of injury should be promptly and adequately compensated by the state.” 
 
“The compensation must be extended to cover those persons whose properties were destroyed in the course of the military swoop,” the report further indicated. 

The Committee also condemned “hate for any form of torturous handling of civilians by the military and other security agencies.” 
 
The committee, in its report, indicated that the actions of the military contravene Section 32 of the Ghana Armed Forces Act, 1962 (Act 105).

“The Committee further recommends that the soldiers who indulged in the excesses associated with the operation should be identified and dealt with in accordance with section 32 of the Ghana Armed Forces Act, 1962 (Act 105), which stipulates that: “Every person in the Armed Forces, who behaves in a cruel or disgraceful manner shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to any less punishment provided by this Act.”