July 5, 2021

The Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has told Parliament, his ministry has apologized to the good people of Wa and the great Chief of Wa, Wa-Naa, over the unfortunate military molestation which happened on Thursday, July 2,2021.

He explained, the Defence Ministry and National Security Ministry have constituted a joint Committee to investigate into the matter to establish the facts leading to the unfortunate incident to guide the nation, going forward.

Mr.  Nitiwul further said, his ministry has identified all the victims involved in the incident and would take care of them till they are fully recovered and those military personnel who acted unprofessionally in yesterday’s incident are going to be punished accordingly.

The minister’s explanation came at the plenary in a form of briefing with respect to the unfortunate military molestation incident which happened in Wa.

And further pointed out that it is not a military culture to move to town to molest people and the investigation into the matter would bring out the fact, and the incident would not be swept under the carpet.

“Mr. Speaker I do not have a problem with the House tasking the Defense and Interior Committee to go into the incident, but the military has established a joint committee which is already going into the matter”.

And pleaded with his colleagues to be guided in their utterances on the matter, “we are building a society and a democracy, the military is part of it.

Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghananmps.com