A high-powered delegation has been dispatched by the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), James Oppong- Buanuh, to console the family of Kofi Ampomah who died through alleged police brutalities, last Tuesday at Adomfe in the Asante Kim South District of Ashanti.
The delegation led by Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP), the Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander David Ajem Agyemang, called on the family and after consoling them urged them to exercise restraint and patience as the administration already saddened by the unfortunate incident launched investigations to get to the bottom of the matter.
ACP Agyemang assured that the police would after the investigations and take the appropriate steps to make sure that justice was served.
He called on the public not to lose confidence in the police due to the incident, but to continue to support the law enforcers to provide security to the people.
The family spokesperson, Kofi Appiah, said their relative was a peace- loving, law-abiding and not a bad person, as was alleged.
He said they were waiting patiently for the police to come out with their findings after the investigations and were hopeful that anything leading to miscarriage of justice, would be avoided for peace.
Earlier in a courtesy call on Nana Adomfe Agyei, Chief of the community, the Deputy Regional commander commended the Chief for employing his leadership skills to calm the youth who got incensed over what happened.
Present at the meeting were; the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Alexander Frimpong, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Kwaku Asante Boateng.
