Ejura violence: EFL demands compensation administered by Judiciary
“History has shown that extrajudicial compensation most often serves as indemnification for the state perpetrators of injustice. Any effort to obtain justice by punishment of the offenders by the families of the murdered youth will now be curtailed, as was seen with the case of the Zongo Seven,”
The Economic Fighters League (EFL) says the monetary compensation from the government to families of the two youth who were killed during the Ejura disturbance in June last year, ought to have been ordered by the Judiciary.
The Deputy Minister for Interior Naana Eyiah Quansah on Saturday, February 5, handed over a cheque of GHC250,000 to each of the families of Abdul Nasir Yussif and Mutala Suraj Mohammed.
In a statement, they stated that the act by the government serves to protect the state against any wrong-doing.
“History has shown that extrajudicial compensation most often serves as indemnification for the state perpetrators of injustice. Any effort to obtain justice by punishment of the offenders by the families of the murdered youth will now be curtailed, as was seen with the case of the Zongo Seven,” parts of the statement read.
“Justice by way of compensation and punishment of the offenders should only come from the Judiciary, the exclusion of which in yesterday’s efforts leads one to question the apparent disinterest of the Attorney General in bringing the state-ordered murderers to book.”
The Justice Koomson Committee of Inquiry that investigated the disturbance in Ejura recommended “adequate compensation” for the families of the two people who died during the incident.
The Committee also recommended compensation for three other persons who were injured during the disturbance.
The families said they would be meeting at the Attorney-General’s office on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, to further discuss the Committee’s report.
