Jonathan Odai Laryea, a 21 year old man who was gunned three times in his leg about three weeks ago while on an errand by the police has still got the bullets in his legs yet to be removed .

The police after the shooting had carried the young man to the Police Hospital to be treated but for some reasons have not yet settled the bill for treatment to commence.

Pressure is however piling up on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante- Appeatu to take up the case and see to it that justice is brought to the man.

The police who shot Mr Laryea were on a mission for some robbers who had attacked and killed a police officer at the Kwabenya Police Station about two months ago.

Mr Laryea who spoke to Starr FM recounted the incident saying, “After the guys shot me in the leg, I told them to kill me because I don’t know what to do. So I was put in a car and by the time I realized I was at the Police Hospital.”

He is currently at the hospital with three bullets in his thigh.

Speaking on the issue,  Dr. Kwesi Aning, who is a research director at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPKTC) indicated that, the action of the police over the shooting will retard the trust the trust the public has in them.

He said, “The more disturbing part relates to community relations, particularly in an era and a period where we want closer and better partnership in terms of intelligence sharing,” he told Francis Abban on the Morning Starr, Friday, March 16, 2018.

The Duffuor Foundation of the former Governor of the Bank of Ghana as well as the former Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor has taken charges of to enable a successful treatment on Mr Laryea.

Speaking to the Press, Nana Efua Prempeh, Development Coordinator at the Duffuor Foundation said,

“I’m at the police hospital with the boy and his parents and we are waiting for the doctor…we really want to have the surgery done right now…then we can sit down with the police and ask why.”

He said the story of the 21-year-old must be in the interest of the hierarchy of the service, “particularly as they themselves recognized that this was an operational mistake that has led to these quite debilitating injuries.”

“So, it is quite appropriate that this is resolved as quickly as possible so that this young man [victim] can have the operation that he needs,”

The Ghana branch of Amnesty International, a Human Rights group have indicated that they will take up the investigation.

Speaking to the Press, Robert Akoto-Amoafo, Country Director of Amnesty International has said, “…It is a heartbreaking…truly heartbreaking issue”.

“I think that what we [Amnesty International] would continue to do is to one, call the people [shooters] who have done the wrong to book. And also follow up and find out where the man [victim] is and take more details [because] we don’t have the full details and follow up and ensure that wherever there is supposed to be a compensation and medical attention is done accordingly.” He added.

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