[ 2011-04-07 ]

Baba Jama

Baba Jamal urges Rawlings to provide Ya-Na evidence
A Deputy Information Minister, Baba Jamal has
called on Former President Rawlings to make
available any evidence he claims to have regarding
the killing of the late Dagbon King, Ya-Na Yakubu
Andani II.

Mr. Jamal says his party founder has a better
opportunity now than ever to assist in unravelling
the mystery behind the late Dagbon overlord's
death.

Mr. Rawlings has consistently made public
pronouncements indicating that he knows the
killers of the Ya-Naa, although he is yet to prove
his claim.

During the erstwhile NPP regime, Mr. Rawlings said
he could not trust the Government enough for which
reason he could not give out the vital information
he had, including video evidence.

But after helping the party he founded get into
power, Mr. Rawlings has refused to release the
said information, perhaps leading to the acquittal
and discharge recently of some 15 suspects for
want of evidence.

After the ruling, Mr. Rawlings accused the
judiciary of bias and also criticized the
Government’s prosecution team for failing to
secure the conviction of the 15 persons.

But, he has still refused to release the
information he claims to have, and has rather
called for the formation of a Presidential
Commission to re-investigate the March 27, 2002
deaths.

The Mills administration has announced plans to
get the High Court’s ruling reversed.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has also
announced plans by the Service to review the whole
investigation process of the late King’s murder
to establish whether or not there were lapses.

It is against this backdrop that Mr. Baba Jamal
has asked former President Rawlings to trust the
system and provide the impeccable evidence that
would nail those who killed Ya-Na.

“This is the best time for the former president
to provide whatever evidence he consistently
claims to have, especially when the Government has
decided to appeal and the police have also decided
to do their own investigations and come out with
possible fresh charges.

“So if he has any evidence, this is the
opportunity for him to go and provide them so that
we seal this matter once and for all. Because the
only way to find the killers is through
investigations and this is his own Government so
we expect that he will trust the system and feel
comfortable and suggest ways of addressing this
issue” Mr. Jamal noted.

Source - Citifmonline

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