Trooper Sherrif Imoro, the young soldier killed by yet-to-be-arrested assailants was buried on March 9, 2023 after he had been given a military parade by his colleagues.
It was at the graveside that his remains were handed over to his Muslim family members for burial, earlier on, after his release from the mortuary, he was also given the janaa’iza (Islamic funeral prayers).
Elvis Andoh, a broadcast journalist with Metro TV spoke about how Sherrif ended up in the church: “Sherrif Imoro joined the Catholic Church because of the trumpet that we train the young ones on.
“He came in as a Muslim and the group that trains them is open to any other youth that is willing to work for the advancement of its aim, that is charity and an appeal to help the poor,’ he narrated on the March 9 edition of Good Evening Ghana programme.
Asked whether he had taken the communion, he responded: “He was preparing to take first communion…. The decision was made but his training took him away. It is alleged that the family was not too happy and wanted him to remain Muslim,” Elvis stressed.
The March 7 military swoop
Dozens of military officers stormed Ashaiman in the operation that saw some soldiers entering the town in trucks, with an armoured car plus a helicopter hovering over the town.
The exercise is said to be in response to the gruesome murder of a young soldier, Trooper Sherrif Imoro, by some unidentified persons on Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Videos of the invasion shared across social media show various forms of assault being meted on residents by the rampaging officers who subjected some of the residents to severe beatings.
In the said statement, they also acknowledged excesses may have resulted in the swoop but failed to apologize for or commit to conduct a probe on same.
An initial 150 suspects were released on March 8 whiles Fix The Country movement convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor reported on March 9 that the remaining 34 have also been freed without charge.