The Upper East Regional Police Command is facing severe criticism for its perceived failure to provide justice and compensation to victims who were allegedly brutalised by police officers in 2021 and 2022. 

These victims and their families have been left in distress, struggling to make ends meet while justice remains elusive.

One incident from 2021 involves Madam Faustina Aboba, a resident in the Bolgatanga Municipality.

Allegedly, a police officer burned down her pub and rented apartment. Despite submitting a report on the damages and having the fire service department assess the situation, she has not been compensated.

Madam Aboba, in an interview with Class 91.3 FM’s Upper East Regional Correspondent, Moses Apiah, expressed her daily struggle for survival and the uncertain future her family faces.

She also lamented that the alleged police officer responsible for her plight has been reposted to the national capital, making mockery of her situation.

In another incident from the same year, Francis Gbandan Mahama was shot in the leg by a police officer on the Bolgatanga-Tamale Highway for not stopping when instructed.

This act of violence left Mahama physically and emotionally scarred, with no justice in sight.

In 2022, a lady was shot by a police officer on the Bolgatanga-Tamale Highway in the North East Region after a rider, who had picked up the lady, failed to stop as instructed.

The victim’s brother, Godwin Wuni, revealed that his sister is currently living with relatives in Kumasi, assisting with house chores, but her living condition has been negatively affected by the incident.

Despite assurances from the then Upper East Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Sayibu Gariba, that justice would prevail and an investigation would be conducted, the victims have yet to receive compensation.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akuffo Dampare, ordered the Upper East Regional Police Command to investigate and compensate the victims, but they have not received any financial support. 

Efforts to obtain responses from the Upper East Regional Police Command have been unsuccessful, leaving the victims and their families in a state of despair and uncertainty.