afrol News, 21 August - Ghanaian officials have appealed to their anger-ridden citizens to swallow their anger and remain calm as the government exhausts diplomatic channels to tackle the story behind the massacre of 44 Ghanaians alongside 10 other West African nationals in The Gambia two years back.

Ghanaian Minister of Interior, Kwamena Bartels, said his government had on three occasions sent delegations to The Gambia to investigate the killings. He said a delegation was also twice sent to Senegal and that there is already another one currently in The Gambia.

“Not that the government is quiet but we have to get some hard facts before we proceed and that is why we are using diplomacy to approach the case”, Interior Minister Bartels told ‘The Chronicle’.

Ironically, Mr Bartels said Ghanaian investigators are yet to lay hands on any evidence because the eyewitness’ account is different from the position of Gambian authorities.

An attack on the President of a sovereign country requires an evidence, Ghana cannot therefore attack President Jammeh until it has armed itself with hard evidence.

“You can’t take any action when you don’t have your facts”, he stressed, admitting Ghana government’s ignorance about the actual number of people killed in The Gambia because their real identities could not be found on record. He said there are also doubts as to whether the executed persons were legal or illegal Ghanaian immigrants.

He said if proper evidence has been proven against President Yahya Jammeh, he would be asked to compensate the victims’ families. “This is a very complicated issue that must be approached with caution,” recommending compensation as the best solution to nail the issue.

By S. Makalo in Accra, Ghana

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