Mahama Ayariga, the MP for Bawku Central, has provided an explanation for his request that the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) look into reports that certain military soldiers may have killed Bawku citizens.
He said that he went down that path since the killing of the 10 people was a human rights concern.
Presidential commissions have looked at similar occurrences in the past.
"I don't want the president's hand in the investigations," he stated in an interview on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday.
What have we learned from the several commissions the President has established in the past on these killings? What took place? When questioned about the need for a commission, he continued, "Nothing occurred."
He claims that doing this will stop the matter from becoming politically charged.
I don't want some lofty exercise that will be fruitless; I want the truth to come out. "I am certain that the Human Rights Commission will do an excellent job of determining what took place and that they will take steps to guarantee that corrective actions are taken," the guy asserted.
The Bawku Central MP petitioned CHRAJ on Friday to look into claims that the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) killed citizens.
For the families of those who passed away, he requested GH500,000 in damages, and he demanded fair compensation for those who were hurt.
He described what happened, saying that according to information he received, there had been gunfire on Tuesday night in Bawku.
He continued by saying that in an effort to control the situation, the military followed anybody they spotted, and when they turned around to flee, the officers opened fire.
On February 1, he said, "The military fired at them, killing six people in the process."
"A young child was shot as he ran to hide behind some grass." He was killed by fire that started in the grass, producing the number 7.
He claims that his people's constitutional right to live has been infringed by members of the armed forces, which is what prompted him to take action.
The Ghana Armed Forces have, in the meantime, denied reports of murders. The reporting is false, in GAF's opinion, and should be disregarded.
In a news release published on February 2 and signed by its Director of Public Relations, GAF detailed a number of violent attacks that had occurred nearby.
But according to the press statement, the soldiers attacked a squad of armed guys and killed six of them.
"In a different incident, intermittent gunfire was heard in and near the Sabongari General Area. Unknown armed guys were seen at the Gozesi-Valley side of Sabongari by a patrol team sent to investigate the situation. They were wearing black T-shirts and black hoodies.
Six armed guys were taken out by troops when they confronted them. A mud hut nearby served as cover for a few armed men when they engaged the team throughout the conflict.
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