Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament, (MP), Sam Dzata George, says government’s rejection of some of the findings of the Emile Short Commission after a probe of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence did not surprise him.
A statement signed and issued by Sam George, who was ‘assaulted’ by a National Security officer during the by-election, said: “I had no hopes of justice from this government and I have been vindicated.”
He said the government’s White Paper on the findings is the “clearest sign yet” that the President and national security apparatus have been plotting “a grand agenda of unleashing violence and undermining the peace, stability and safety of our beloved Republic.”
“The position of Government in the accompanying White Paper reinforces my long-held view that the dastardly actions of January 31, 2019, had the tacit approval of those who occupy the highest office of the land. The rabid disagreement with the findings and recommendations of the Commission are the testament of this fact.”
The Commission recommended the criminal prosecution the security personnel, Mohammed Sulemana, for slapping Sam George.
But the government argued that prosection was not necessary because the facts presented by the Commission supported “a valid defence of provocation for the said assault [by Mohammed Sulemana].”
Attached below is a copy of the statement:
