The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament has directed the Committee of Defence and Interior to open a probe into the shooting of 5 individuals alleged to be land guards operating within the Bortianor area.

Andrew Amoako Asiamah also asked the chairman of the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee to work with the Defence and Interior Committee on the investigation.

He assigned the committees in Parliament on Tuesday, June 13, 2923.

The committees have been given up till the end of this month to present a report to the plenary.

The inquiry was initiated by the Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfrom Constituency, Sylvester Tetteh fingered the police in the operation.

Mr. Tetteh accused the police of summarily executing the five men without recourse to proper procedure.

In a statement on Saturday, June 10, 2023, the police said they have killed five suspected land guards who engaged the police in a shootout when the police visited the area.

“On June 8th, 2023, the police conducted an operation targeting criminal elements involved in robbery and land guard activities.

These individuals had been terrorizing residents and landowners in Bortianor and nearby communities,” the police statement explained.

Upon detecting the approaching police team, the suspects opened fire from their hideout, prompting the police to retaliate.

As a result, five of the suspects were injured and later pronounced dead at the hospital, while the remaining suspects fled the scene and are still at large, the police added.

According to the police, various weapons, including guns and ammunition, were seized as exhibits from the suspects.