STATEMENT BY THE GHANA BAR ASSOCIATION ON BRUTALITIES METED OUT BY

A POLICE OFFICER

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has viewed with horror and revulsion a video circulating
on social media in respect of an incident which allegedly occurred at a financial institution in
Accra. The GBA is appalled that a police officer, whose primary duties include ensuring the
safety of persons, should brutalise the very persons he is duty-bound to protect, with such
impunity. The Bar condemns in no uncertain terms the reprehensible and cruel conduct of
the police officer.
The GBA would wish to empathise with the victim of the assault for the traumatic experience
she underwent, and to stress that under no circumstance should any citizen or resident of
Ghana be subjected to such cruelty.
The conduct of the police officer is appalling, despicable and disgraceful, and we hereby
wish to reiterate our condemnation, made on 30 th June 2018, of persons who attack citizens
or persons no matter the cause. We also wish to reiterate that the security of all citizens is
not only a fundamental human right but it is also integral to ensuring the rule of law.
Insecurity is a threat to the rule of law and undermines our democracy; Hence it should have
no place in our democratic dispensation.
The GBA has noted the statement issued by the Police Administration and particularly the
steps it has taken so far and asserts that the matter should be followed through by the Police
Administration and the appropriate sanctions applied.
Security officers who under the guise of maintaining peace and order attack and abuse and
dehumanise citizens must not escape the arm of the law and victims of such brutalities must
receive justice.

DATED AT ACCRA THIS 21 ST DAY OF JULY 2018.

BENSON NUTSUKPUI JUSTIN A. AMENUVOR
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