Lawyer for victims of the Techiman South shooting incident, Osman Alhassan says he will appeal the compensation awarded by the Wenchi High Court to his clients.

According to him, the compensation of GH₵ 45,000 awarded to each victim was insufficient.

Speaking in an interview on JoyNews’ The Law on Sunday, September 15, he said that the victims had injuries of varying degrees of which Sulema endured more severe harm and therefore must be enhanced.

“We will seek redress at the high court in respect of the quantum – Just that because we think that even if you limit the assessment of that compensation to the heads of damages that the judge considered, you will still get more without assessing anything special,” he said.

He added “…If you ask the state who has inflicted these extent of injuries to pay GH₵45,000 to each victim, what are you telling the state? That it is easy to do it, you can do it and just give GH₵45,000 and leave the victim maimed or disabled forever.

“Looking at it from that angle alone, I think they need some enhancement,” he stated.

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This comes after the Wenchi High Court ruling that the state must compensate six individuals with GH₵45,000 each for injuries sustained during a shooting at the Techiman South Collation Centre during the 2020 general election.

The shooting occurred before Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah was declared Member of Parliament, resulting in two deaths and several injuries.

The plaintiffs claimed their right to life was violated, while the state argued the shots were meant as warnings.

While the plaintiffs initially sought more substantial compensation—GH₵5 million for the lead plaintiff and GH₵2 million for each of the other five—the court did not grant these amounts.

The judge stated that the evidence presented was insufficient to justify the higher compensation sought, ultimately awarding GH₵45,000 to each of the six plaintiffs.

He believes that a lot has escaped the judge who presided over the case to award the compensation.

According to him, other factors such as restoration of the victim to their original life before the incident or helping with a means to help live their lives should have been considered.