Victims of Ayawaso by-election violence cry for help

 

Victims of the shooting incident during the 2019 Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election say government has still not acted on the recommendation to pay them compensation for the harm caused them.

Security agents and members of a militia group of the Nana Akufo-Addo government deployed to the constituency on the day of the by-election went on a rampage even before the election started, beating and shooting indiscriminately at polling stations and the residence of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate.

Following the mayhem, violence and injury, the Emile Short Committee among others recommended that victims of the January 31, 2019 violence should be paid compensation for the harm they suffered at the hands of government security forces.

At a meeting with former President John Dramani Mahama, the victims of the shooting incident said none of them has received any payment from government. The spokesperson for the victims, Abdul-Razak Garba, stressed that the victims and their families are struggling as a result of the painful experience.