'Abuse Video' unrelated to Covid-19 operations - Police
The Ghana Police Service has explained that a trending video of a man in military fatigues whipping a young man with a cane is unrelated to plaints of Covid-19 lockdown enforcement.
In a tweet Sunday morning, the police have featured the video with text overlays explaining the incident is unrelated.
Tweeting with the harshtag #operationCOVIDsafety, the police said “THIS VIDEO IS UNRELATED TO OPERATION COVID-19” and that “This trending video is an old video of a soldier disciplining a boy to beatings with a stick in a house”.
The tweet, according to the police, is in keeping with a promise to share its findings on the complaints.
Said the police: “Hello Ghana, we promised to share the details of the trending videos which are not related to the ongoing COVID operation with you. See the videos with details attached. We hope you are STAYING AT HOME; YOUR LIFE IS VERY PRECIOUS!”
Hello Ghana, we promised to share the details of the trending videos which are not related to the ongoing COVID operation with you. See the videos with details attached. We hope you are STAYING AT HOME; YOUR LIFE IS VERY PRECIOUS!#operationCOVIDsafety pic.twitter.com/E4d3NHtSkp
— Ghana Police Service (@GhPoliceService) April 5, 2020
But readers’ reactions to the tweet have been mixed, with many praising the police while others, even while apparently agreeing with the obvious, still point out that there are other cases still.
Thank you GPS...keep securing GH.we got trust in you🙏
— Team Sark (@kojontiful) April 5, 2020
Might not be related but what I see is extreme abuse. The typical average Ghanaian believes that only violence can be used to enforce discipline. What a shame. Smh.
— kobina (@brunitsky) April 5, 2020
Thank you for coming out to talk about this. But what’s the cyberSecurity unit of the GPS doing in cubing such mistimed viral video. There are tools available in tackling things like this. And one of the proactive one is as simple as reporting it on Twitter. #LockdownGhana
— Babatunde D Peters (@profpetos) April 5, 2020
Okay. This looks like a man (soldier )disciplining the ward ( son) but how about the one at Tafo in Kumasi?
— MounKaila (@Munki_Zack) April 5, 2020
Great work 💪🏽 @GhPoliceService. We’ll get through this
— Mr. Šñœfłækę (@OtchereMoses) April 5, 2020
Yeah, it's true
— Klenam Exoduz (@KExoduz) April 5, 2020
It is still a Ghanaian policeman tho 🤦🏽♂️
— Kay Duah (@reelKaydee) April 5, 2020
