Set up independent committee-Avedzi

Page 13, June 14, 2008
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

THE Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Mr James Klutse Avedzi, has called for on the government to to set up an independent committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent shooting incident at the official residence of the Volta Regional Minister.
"Mr Speaker, a committee should be set up as a matter of urgency to unravel the story of the lleged assassination attempt, and to establish the truth for appropriate action to be taken against those who will be found palpable", he stated.
In the said incident on June 2, 2008, the perpetrator, one Dan Dzikunu Agbaley, was allegedly murdered after he had stabbed the Hp Municipal Commander of the Ghana Police Service, eresulting in his subsequent death.
In a statement on the floor of Parliament yesterday, the MP stated that when the Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, was interviewed on an Accra FM, he linked the assassin to him (the MP).
He said it was unfortunate that the regional minister was quick to link the alleged assassin to him as his relative.
"I want to state emphatically that I do not know the young man, let alone engaging him in an assignment".
Mr Avedzi said it was unfortunate that Mr Dzamesi had linked the alleged assassin to him, adding that the truth of the incident could be established.