Statement on the Murder of Ibrahim Mohammed and the Indiscriminate Shooting and Killing of Innocent Citizens in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality by Alhaji Muhammad Bawah Braimah, Mp, Ejura Sekyedumase
Source: parliament_of_ghana
Date: 2026

STATEMENT ON THE MURDER OF IBRAHIM MOHAMMED AND THE INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING AND KILLING OF INNOCENT CITIZENS IN THE FEJURA-SEKYEDUMASE MUNICIPALITY BY ALHAJI MUHAMMAD BAWAH BRAIMAH, M™MP, EJURA- SEKYEDUMASE It is with deep sorrow and regret that I make this statement on the floor of the House. As I make this statement, there is turmoil in my beloved Ejura- Sekyedumase constituency as armed police and military men have shot into the crowd of innocent and unarmed civilians who were returning from the burial of one Ibrahim Mahammed alias Kaaka Macho who died on Monday 28™ June, 2021. The late Ibrahim Mohammed was a member of the Fix The Country movement. As an active citizen who is interested in the development of the Ejura- Sekyedumase Municipality, Ibrahim Mohammed has been engaged in a vigorous social media campaign to expose development challenges that confront the people in the Municipality that need to be fixed to the admiration and support of many citizens of the area. In the early hours of Saturday 26" June, 2021, some unscrupulous persons attacked Ibrahim Mahammed at his residence where he sustained severe injuries. He was therefore rushed to the hospital for treatment. Unfortunately, he could not make it. He was reported dead on Monday 28" June, 2021. The attack on Tbrahim was reported to the Police but they took no immediate action. Tbrahim Mohammed was laid to rest on Tuesday morning. Upon the return for the family, friends and sympathizers from the cemetery, armed police officers and military men reportedly shot into the crowd of innocent citizens discharging live ammunition causing severe injuries to about six persons and killing two of them Nasiru and Mutarla instantly. This exercise of indiscretion by the police and the military has exacerbated the security situation in the Municipality. Prior to the attack on his life, Tbrahim reported that he had received several voice messages of threats on his life from faceless miscreants. He therefore lodged complaints to the police for investigation. The gruesome murder of Ibrahim represents yet another dark day for our democracy. That an active citizen like Ibrahim Mohammed who is genuinely concerned about underdevelopment in his community will be gruesomely murdered. Even more regrettable is that fact that Police and Military officers who are trained to maintain law and order and to protect life and property will discharge live bullets into a crowd of innocent citizens thereby killing and maiming them is most regrettable. It is heartwarming that at least two suspects by name Ibrahim Issaka alias ‘Anyas the Bible’ and Alhassan Fuseini alias Alhassan Jamoro who are both bodyguards to the Municipal Chief Executive Mohammed Salisu Bamba have been arrested in connection with the murder of Ibrahim Mohammed. These same suspects have been linked to the voice message threats sent to [brahim. 1 am by this statement calling for calm in Ejura-Sckyedumase Municipality. I call on the Minister for National Security, the Minister for Defence, the Interior Minister and the Regional Security Council to take immediate steps to restore calm in the Municipality. [ am also calling on the Defence Minister to institute a full scale investigation into the shooting incident to ensure that the trigger happy soldiers can be brou ght to book. 1 demand nothing but justice for Ibrahim Mohammed and his family. T he Police must thoroughly investigate and prosecute the killers of Ibrahim fo s erve as a deterrent to persons who are acting with impunity in the Municipalit y. While praying for the soul of Tbrahim, I also commiserate with his f amily, friends and loved ones especially the young widow and a child he left behind. 1 sympathize with the families of the victims of the shooting incident an d wish all those who sustained injuries and receiving treatment a speedy recove ry.