The sixteen year old boy, Christopher Bam, who was brutalized by some five military officers at Tamale in the Northern Region for allegedly stealing a Tecno mobile phone, was on Saturday evening discharged by the Nsawam Government Hospital where he was receiving treatment.
Renowned Human Rights Lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu of F-X Law and Associates, revealed this on his personal Facebook page.
Xavier Sosu noted that the victim was now mentally stable and much better than when he was earlier admitted. He however noted that he has been referred to Clinical Psychology Clinic at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for post-traumatic stress disorder.
The Facebook post said, “According to the medical forms endorsed by Dr. Amankwa Daniel, the doctor attending to him, the Head CT scan and other tests shows he is normal and we are thankful to God. He has, however been referred to Clinical Psychology Clinic at the Kole Bu Teaching Hospital for post-traumatic stress disorder. We are taking steps to forward the medical forms to the Northern Regional Crime Officer for appropriate actions to be taken against the Military Officers.â€
The lawyer shared pictures of himself and the victim and his relative at the Hospital, and noted that his outfit will on Monday petition the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the matter and deliver justice to the victim.
“Meanwhile we at the F-X Law and Associates are set to file a complaint with CHRAJ on Monday so they can launch a full scale investigation into this Barbaric, Cruel and Dehumanizing treatment which clearly violates Article 15 of the 1992 Constitution and the UN Convention Against Torture, Cruel and other Dehumanizing treatment.â€
“We hope that the Chief of Defense Staff, the Minister for Defence, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection and the Attorney General would all cooperate and ensure that this wrong is punished never to occur again,†the statement concluded.
Soldiers locked up for assaulting 16yr-old-boy Meanwhile a report by the Chronilce Newspaper on Saturday said the Northern Regional Command of the Airbone Force has handed over three of the five soldiers who brutally assaulted Christopher Bama.
This follows a letter dated 6thApril, 2016, and signed by the Northern Regional Police Commander, DCOP Ken Yeboah, requesting the Force’s Command to release the suspects for the commencement of Police Investigations into the matter.
The Commanding Officer (CO) of the Tamale Airborne Force, Lt. Col. Joseph Malik Punamane told the Chronicle newspaper that his outfit was more than willing to help with investigations into the assault case.
Source: citifmonline.com
