Sam Nartey George, the member of parliament for Ningo Prampram, has urged the legal system to expedite the execution of the soldier's justice.
He claimed that because the legal system is notoriously slow to deliver justice for the victims, people typically adopt their own means to punish murderers.
The Circuit Court in Ashaiman has remanded all six of the suspects who were apprehended in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old soldier called Imoro Sherif on March 4, 2023.
The suspects, Safianu Musah alias Dayorgu and Ibrahim Abdul Rakib, Samuel Tetteh alias Wiper and Abubakar Sadick alias Birdman, Yussif Mohammed and Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim, were accused of stealing, robbing a person of their property, and receiving stolen items.
Attorneys for the two principal defendants argued for bail for their clients in court on Monday, March 13, 2023, but the judge, Simon Gaga, refused since the attorney could not substantiate their place of residence permanently.
Speaking on the subject, Mr. Nartey said that the court system must avoid dragging out the judicial process as it has in other situations in order to secure justice for the soldier who was slain.
“Ensure that we get justice for the slain soldier. You don’t hold such a case for five years because then you begin to make people feel that they cannot get justice from our judicial system. We had video of the murder of Major Mahama. We saw people take a block and smash the head of a major in our armed forces. We saw a woman light and set his body on fire.
“How much longer; Yes, I understand that the ways of justice run slow but the judges must also bear in mind that we have lawyers whose job it is to filibuster and deliver, delay the process, and abuse the purposes of the court. You just don’t allow such things to go on. Our judiciary must allow us to expeditiously dispose of such cases,” the lawmaker stated.
Moreover, Mr. Sam George demanded that justice be served for the military-brutalized citizens of Ashaiman.
He continued: “Everyone involved must ensure that we get justice for the Ghanaians—184 of them who were brutalized. Either in Ashaiman or moved to Michelle camp, and from Michelle camp moved to the Burma camp. That cannot be accepted in 2023 in Ghana,” he added.
