I was merely protesting the officer’s conduct – Afenyo-Markin gives blow-by-blow account of clash with Police officer

The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has refuted media reports that he assaulted a Police officer during the ‘Save the Judiciary’ demonstration held on May 5.

According to him, he is rather the victim of assault by a Police Constable by name Forson.

Giving a blow-by-blow account of the incident in a press statement on May 5, Mr Afenyo-Markin said the officer hit him on the chest near his heart.

“As I approached the barricade, without any provocation, a uniformed police officer stationed behind the barricade – Constable Forson, a tall, fair, heavily built officer – deliberately struck the left side of my chest with the full force of his right palm, directly near my heart. The impact of the hit dazed me and I was visibly shaken and short of breath.

In that moment, I spontaneously protested his conduct, asking why he would seek to harm me. The Inspector who was facilitating my access, along with other officers, quickly intervened and assisted me into the restricted area, where I had to lean against the wall at the entrance of Parliament House to prevent myself from collapsing.

A national service personnel from Parliament, whom I know, approached and offered me water. Two CID officers from Parliament also came to check on me and assisted me to a nearby security rest room, where I lay down on a bench to stabilise,” he narrated.

“…What makes this assault particularly egregious is that the officer was being openly reprimanded by his superiors and fellow officers at the time, who cautioned him against his conduct. Yet, he defiantly responded that he didn’t care who I was – Leader or not – and that he would carry out his work regardless.

It was a deliberate, reckless, and targeted attack by an officer who clearly knew my identity and chose to physically assault me in broad daylight, in the full view of his senior colleagues.

It is therefore most unfortunate that some individuals would seek to twist the narrative and suggest that I was the aggressor when I was merely protesting the officer’s conduct,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service has invited Mr Afenyo-Markin to assist with investigation into the matter.

 

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