Tell us something sensible … You know the identity of the secessionists: Pratt rebukes the government | Politics

The seasoned journalist, Kwesi Pratt, has criticized President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government for their response to the secession brouhana from western Togo.

Some residents of the Volta region participated in violent attacks days ago to demand the freedom of Ghana.

Popularly called Secessionists of Western Togo West, the group attacked the State Transport Corporation (STC) and some police stations in the region.

They set fire to some buses belonging to the STC, asking the government to grant them independence to become a country.

Recently responding to the group, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in an interview on Hello fm During his tour of the Ashanti Region, he stressed that he has left the issue in the capable hands of the appropriate security personnel.

” I have to be calm because the institutions are in place. The security agencies are doing their job. They have already started and we will see results. If I panic, the country panics. It’s like the COVID-19 disease, if I had panicked, fear would have gripped us all. But I know the work that God has appointed me to do, if I panic, the entire nation will panic too. That is not the purpose of leadership. I’m supposed to assure people that our country will work. What is happening in the Volta region in the time of these few, it is only a handful of people, these secessionists, we will solve it. I have no doubt about it ”

” I trust the security agencies. I trust the Armed Forces. I trust the police. I trust your leadership. The intelligence agencies, I know they are all working very, very, very hard to make sure this matter is resolved as quickly as possible. ” he said.

But Kwesi Pratt has a strong view that the government is not treating the issue seriously enough.

” I’ve seen the police situation report. Twenty-four (24) hours before the incident, the police report indicated that these things were going to happen. According to the report we have, the attacks happened around 1:30 am. The security agencies were put on the ground at 12 noon. What’s going on?

” Look at the number of ministers responsible for security; we can count four or five (5). When you add the Minister of Defense, it’s about five and all of this can still go on. What are you telling us? Do you think we are children or what? All this happening with all this security architecture, why? ” he questioned.

He revealed that the government knew in advance of the plans of the secessionist group, but stayed on the sidelines to make it happen.

” The government knows it; security knows who they are, where they are. What’s going on? Someone must be telling us something sensible.”

He also wondered why the president has not cracked down on the group.

”One One of the president’s duties is to sign a death sentence … You have a great responsibility when we hand over the reins of the country to you … Is everything we do in government good? Is espionage a good thing? Is war a good thing? Governments declare war; people die and so on. The acid test is whether the actions the government is taking are in the national interest or not. ” said in Peace FM’s ”Kokrokoo”