Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Andy Appiah-Kubi has urged victims of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) brutalities to sue the Ghana Police Service for compensation.
According to him, the barbaric act by the police officials in Kumasi is against the rights of the students hence they deserve huge sums of money as compensation.
Contributing to a statement on the floor of Parliament, Lawyer Appiah-Kubi who is also a Human Rights Lawyer said those police officials involved in the act must be brought to book to serve as deterrent to other police officials who engage in such acts.
“Those students involved in the attacks by the police have the right to go to court to seek compensation over this issue,” Lawyer Appiah-Kubi stressed on the floor of Parliament.
His comment follows a statement by MP for Subin, Eugene Boakye Antwi on the floor of Parliament to draw the attention of the house to the recent incident in Kumasi where about 45 students sustained various degrees of injuries and were later admitted to hospital.
About 37 of them were arrested and detained by the police.
Eugene Boakye Antwi called on appropriate institutions such as the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate the matter and punish officials and students who abused the law.
On Tuesday [February 14, 2017], some KTI students were said to have blocked roads in a jubilant mood after placing third in the Inter-schools sports competition at the Kumasi Sports Stadium.
The reports said the students blocked the road from the Amakom roundabout to their school, causing heavy vehicular.
Contributing to the statement, MP for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafiamekpor who also condemned the act by the police officials involved in the act said that a directive must be sent to the police administration to stop its officials from using live ammunitions during crowd control.
He added that strict sanctions must be given to police officers who engage in such acts of brutality in the country.
