A VICTIM in the Ashaiman shooting incident, 21-year-old construction labourer, Kofi Annang, who was hit by a stray bullet in the rib, is responding to treatment at the accident ward of the Tema General Hospital.
He was in a distress mood when the Daily Graphic went to the hospital to find out the number of victims on admission after the misunderstanding between Ashaiman commercial drivers and the police that resulted in the shooting incident at Ashaiman.
Two persons died during the riot and several others got injured.
Ms Paula Baayel, a Principal Nursing Officer in charge of the Accident and Emergency Ward, confirmed that Kofi Annang was hit by a bullet but it had been removed and he was responding to treatment.
She said nine injured victims were rushed there on Tuesday during the incident with bullet and assault wounds.
Ms Baayel explained that five were treated and discharged on the same day while three others were also discharged the following day.
She said Annang's situation was critical and needed to be given attention.
Members of the Ghana Road Transport Co-ordinating Council were also at the hospital on a fact-finding tour to ascertain the number of people on admission at the hospital.
Led by Nana Danso Atekoasa Agyemang, the acting Chairman of the co-ordinating council, they were informed that there was no driver among the victims who were rushed there.
They condemned the police for the brutality and called on their members to be calm while the leadership pursued the issue to its logical conclusion.
They later met with executives of the various transport unions and appealed to them to be calm to enable investigations to proceed smoothly.
The team also met with the police hierarchy at Ashaiman and the two parties agreed that it was an unfortunate situation, which had affected innocent people.
Meanwhile, the Tema Regional Police Command has confirmed that the Ashaiman MTTU Divisional Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police Timothy Dassah, has been interdicted to pave way for fair investigations.
The Regional Commander, DCOP John Kudalor, said there was the need to critically assess the situation and, therefore, after a closed-door meeting with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, it was decided that ACP Dassah should be interdicted to enable the Police Administration to conduct investigations into the incident.
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