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A member of the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs condemned what he describes as the Rambo-style arrest of a journalist, David Tamakloe.
Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, who is also an MP from South Dayi, has asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to order that the editor-in-chief of Whatsup News “be admitted to police investigation bail so that he can be reunited with his Pascua family. of Resurrection. “
In a statement Friday, he said: “If any prima facie determination is made after the Easter holidays, he may be duly prosecuted in court to take the necessary steps to defend himself in the matter.
This comes after news broke Thursday that Tamakloe had been arrested by some unidentified security officials allegedly from Homeland Security.
According to reports, Mr. Tamakloe was similarly arrested a couple of months ago without justification.
Reacting hours later, the attorney said: “The Rambo-style approach to arresting citizens has been of concern to many.
“It is a surprise that nothing seems to be changing in this regard. It was reported that Mr. Tamakloe was detained at gunpoint sometime yesterday. And particularly, on the eve of Good Friday, knowing very well that he would be kept in police custody until after Monday, is most inhumane, unacceptable, backward and smells of abuse of police power.
According to him, “a colleague lawyer, who followed up on the matter at the police station, related how the agents could not explain the reasons for his arrest. Simply none, and yet he has been deliberately denied the police investigation. “
Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor said it is important that law enforcement agencies “operate on the basis of transparency and with a sense of integrity. The image of the security agencies continues to decline over the years after the arbitrary and inexplicable arrests of innocent citizens ”.
The MP said that “the sacrifice of professionalism at the altar of political expediency and making security a tool for political manipulation would do us all a lot of harm.”
“The state should not be considered to be spending its powers arbitrarily. The state, instead of abusing its powers, is expected to protect the rights and freedoms of its citizens.
“The consistent acts of picking up individuals without cause must stop now. The rule of law does not mean the rule of a few. It means acting in accordance with our laws and not in accordance with our whims and whims. “
He concluded, “Martin Luther King warned that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Let us be guided.
