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Security analyst Colonel Festus Aboagye has blamed the series of violent attacks in the country recently on the predictability of police checkpoints and barricades.
Speaking with Emefa Apawu on Joy FM, Aboagye revealed that armed robbers have gotten smarter over time and find alternative ways to commit high-level crimes, as such, maintaining a checkpoint makes it easier for them to find other suitable locations to attack. people.
“Once the barricades become static, they are predictable, anyone who wants to commit a crime knows where these points are and will find other places where there are no such checkpoints in the immediate vicinity,” he said.
Following the death of the Member of Parliament for the Mfantseman constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford highlighted the need for security personnel to be assigned to notable individuals in the country along with the inclusion of increased security for the general public.
“Certain people in this country should be afforded certain levels of security, but that higher level of security should not preclude the safety of the general public.”
A PNP Member of Parliament, Ekow Quansah Hayford from the Mfantseman constituency was shot dead on Abeadze Dominase – Abeadze Duadzi – Mankessim Road on his return from a campaign trip.
It is believed that he was attacked around 1:00 am on Friday morning by armed highway robbers.
According to an eyewitness report, while the robbery was taking place, the MP identified himself. This allegedly enraged the robbers who blamed politicians for the country’s problems and hardships.
He was then shot twice, resulting in his untimely death, the robbers reportedly leaving the scene before the police arrived and are currently at large.
The security analyst, Colonel Festus Aboagye, called on the state, the police and all security agencies to be consistent and proactive in their efforts to fight crime.
