Wa: Upper West Security Council visits gunshot victims

Members of the Regional Security Council on the directive of the Upper West Regional Minister, Honourable Hafiz Bin Salih have visited victims of the Wa land dispute including the deceased families to sympathize with them.

The Minister who is currently in Accra for an official duty tasked the Regional Security Council to visit the victims and assured them of justice.

In the early hours of Thursday, 17th March 2022, there was a land dispute in a suburb of Wa leading to gunshots where five innocent people were shot leaving two dead and three others injured. 

The injured were rushed to the Municipal Hospital in Wa but, have since been discharged.

The suspect of the gunshots is in the grips of the Upper West Regional Command assisting investigations.

He was arraigned before the Wa court and remanded into police custody.

Speaking to affected victims, Lt. Col. Francis Kwasi Gyemah called on the deceased families and other victims on behalf of the Regional Minister to remain calm.

He assured them that justice would be served in due course, adding that the Upper West Regional Minister has taken interest in the matter.

"The Minister as chairman of REGSEC was so passionate about the matter and would ensure that culprits of the incident would not go unpunished".

The five victims include Mr. Stephen L. Mane a retired lecturer at Dr. Hilla Liman Technical University who is deceased, Mr. Alhassan Iddrissu a staff of UBIDS who is also deceased, Umar Amin, Haruna Umar, and Hamza Erasung Hammad, a student.