Baba Yara Stadium shooting victim Augustine Oppong cries for justice

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Baba Yara Stadium shooting victim, Augustine Oppong has appealed to the hierarchy of the Ghana Police Service to ensure that justice is served in the incident which occurred four months ago.

If there is a day that Augustine Oppong will find it difficult to forget is January 12, 2020. This day brings a lot of pain to Oppong who was carelessly shot in the eye by a police officer who was on duty at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.

It would be recalled that Augustine Oppong was hit in the eye by a stray bullet when police on duty tried to control a demonstrating crowd. Eye witnesses reported that Oppong had no hands in the riots.

This was after Asante Kotoko has been defeated 1-0 by Berekum Chelsea on match-day 3 of the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League season in Kumasi.

The police reportedly interdicted the police officer whose identity is still hidden.

However, after four months nothing concrete has been done, and Augustine Oppong feels that justice is not being served. The family feels that the police are shielding their Officer whose station is still unknown.

He disclosed that, the police have not visited him since he was discharged from the hospital.

“No policeman has visited me. It’s a worry, imagine the way I would have been treated if I had committed an offence in the stadium.,” he told Kumasi-based Hello FM.

“I would’ve been arrested by now by the police. We’ve leaders in this country but I doubt even know the police who committed the offence. I don’t know his station. At least, I should be aware.

He continued: “I wouldn’t be at home by now if I had committed such an offence. I’m surprised. I’m calling on authority to enforce the law.

“I was very sad when we were remembering the May 9 incident recently,” he added.

He went for a review on Tuesday at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where a team of doctors assessed him.

He is scheduled to have his damaged eye replaced with an artificial one on May 26, 2020.