Could have been worse: head of the Danquah Institute

General news for Sunday, October 4, 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-10-04

Richard Ahiagbah, executive director of the Danquah Institute, has defended the reaction of the government and security agencies to attacks by members of the West Togolandic group in the Volta region.

Ahiagbah insists that, were it not for the proactivity of the intelligence agencies, the attacks could have been worse.

He downplayed notions that there was a security intelligence flaw regarding the attacks and that the group appears to be one step ahead of the government.

Then, he observed that the people making such claims are bastardizing the security agencies rather than praising them for foiling the planned attacks on the Ho Central Market and other institutions in the Volta Region.

“The question you want to ask is’ what else could have happened that didn’t? That’s when you look at it objectively.

“But because of the intelligence and the work that was done, we could have seen something bigger than what we saw,” Ahiagbah told Newsfile on Saturday.

He added: “I found the discussion quite counterproductive when, instead of addressing the issue, some have chosen to bastardize security.”

But the Member of Parliament representing the North Tongu constituency disagreed with the leader of the Think Tank Pro-NPP.

Giving a timeline of how the secessionist carried out the attacks, the MP noted that the reaction of the security agencies leaves much to be desired.

“It is inexcusable that these things happen, to the extent that even when security visibility has been increased (many soldiers have been deployed to the region), these people continue to carry out successful attacks. That should concern us, ”he said.