COVID-19 lockdown: We’re looking for officer who ‘punished’ Kasoa resident – Commander

The Commanding Officer for the 64 Infantry Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Appah says efforts are being made to find the officer who abused a resident of Kasoa by making him undertake frog jumps on the streets.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, March 30, 2020, at Kasoa which is part of the areas under lockdown as part of efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana.

Lt. Col. Appah told Citi News’ Calvis Tetteh that the appropriate sanction would be meted out to the officer if he is found.

The video of the incident, which has been circulating on social media since morning captures a hooded military officer commanding the civilian to move onto the main road to do frog jumps as punishment allegedly for taking a video of them while on duty.

Lt. Col. Appah said it will be a daunting task searching for the erring officer because he was hooded in the video and the area the video was taken from had about 50 uniformed personnel stationed there.

Giving his assessment on the compliance level of the lockdown in the area, Lt. Col. Appah said although there were fewer people in the area allowing for natural [physical] distancing, many people were still attempting to move out when they had no essential activity to undertake.

He said some others involved in petty trading were seen attempting to come out to hawk. He further warned that officers will adjust their modus operandi and more strictly enforce the lockdown.

Source: Fiilafmonline/CitiNews