Accra, June 24, GNA – Mr Benny Eshun, a businessman on Thursday apologised to Captain Edmund Kojo Koda, member of the Preliminary Investigations Team (PIT) during the AFRC regime for mentioning his name in an earlier testimony as one of the people who arrested him. “I want to take this opportunity to apologise to Captain Koda, he was not part of the arresting team.”
Mr. Eshun who rendered the apology during a cross examination by Captain Koda said he still stood by his previous testimony that Captain Koda could confirm that he (Eshun) was not properly tried, was maltreated and was to be executed.
He also noted that he never mentioned Capt. Koda’s name as the one who collected some gold coins from him as was reported in one of the newspapers, adding that, he (Eshun) still did not know where the gold coins were.
Mr. Amoah, a former Colonel in the Ghana Armed Forces who said he did not want to be addressed with his military title because he does not want to be associated with the Army anymore, alleged that Captain Koda was the only person who assaulted him when he was to be interrogated by the PIT.
He said the PIT did not try him because the members were informed that he was Chairman Rawlings’ special case, adding that, Captain Koda beat him up at the Gondar barracks after they had the information. Mr Amoah said he did not mention Captain Koda in his statement to the Commission because that was a summary of what he went through. In response, Captain Koda said he never hit Mr Amoah, adding, “I do not know Mr Amoah from Adam and why should I assault him if I was told he was Rawlings’ special case”
He said if the incident was very significant to Mr Amoah, he should have mentioned it in his statement, which he wrote at the comfort of his home.
Captain Koda, now resident in Britain responded to Mr Eshun’s statement that, he (Koda) could confirm the ill treatment and near execution he (Eshun) went through during the AFRC era and said Mr Eshun was tried with other civilians and were discharged.
He said, he was surprised to have found out later that, they were still being kept in the cells, because they were alleged to be CIA operatives.
Captain Koda added that he had no hand in their detention.
Source: GhanaWeb
