'I regret assaulting Sam George'
A member of the National Security SWAT Team captured in a viral amateur video assaulting a Member of Parliament says he was not aware his victim Sam George was a legislator.
He made the disclosure Friday when he appeared before the Justice Emile Short Commission of Inquiry which is holding its final public hearing
Mr Sulemana alleged that the MP used the F word and a tribal insult on him, which motivated the physical assault (below).
I never knew he (Sam George) was a Member of Parliament at the time of the assault, even if he stands in front of me now I won't be able to identify him, Sulemana said.
If I knew he was an MP I wouldn't have assaulted him, I am sorry for my actions, he added.
Adding, Sulemana said he would personally apologize to the MP for his actions.
Sam George
The incident occurred during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election on January 31 which was marred by violence.
In the aftermath of the violence, the Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia inaugurated a three-member commission to investigate the violence that ensued during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election.
The other members of the commission are a law professor, Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu and former Inspector-General of Police, Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong. Former Dean of GIMPA school of law, Kofi Abotsi is secretary to the commission.
The Commission ends its public hearings Friday, March 8, 2019.
