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The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for an independent investigation into the attack on some police stations by alleged members of a secessionist group in the Volta region.
Sammy Gyamfi said the government is complicit in considering his inability to nip his activities in the bud, as the police claim to have had intelligence.
Speaking in Newsfile on Saturday, he alleged that there may be state officials involved in the group’s work.
“For me, it is not an intelligence failure, we are facing a more complex situation than some of us think. We are facing a situation that potentially has the participation of state actors.
“Government complicity in this matter is so evident to me and that is why we must have an independent investigation into this matter and find out what happened,” he said.
Gyamfi argued that the government has not attached the same level of seriousness as the deployment of soldiers to the actions of the western Togolanders as it did during the voter registration exercise.
In his opinion, it would have helped to catch the offenders so that they could be treated as required by law.
“The reason their activities are beyond our control is because the Akufo-Addo government has been pampering these criminals. The approach so far has been very lukewarm and lackluster, very nonchalant. It’s as if they don’t care and don’t mind what’s happening, ”he said.
In the early hours of Friday 25 September, armed men raided the police stations in Mepe, Aveyime and other parts of the Volta region.
The group in Mepe, after raising a western Togo flag, joined colleagues at the Aveyime police station, seized two police vehicles and wounded an officer.
The group that has for some time demanded Ghana’s independence has named their territory West Togo.
The West West Togo separatist leadership subsequently ordered the immediate withdrawal of all Ghanaian security forces from the Volta region.
A member of the group was reportedly killed in a shootout with the joint security team that was deployed to restore calm.
Meanwhile, 31 people were arrested and flown to the offices of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) in Accra for questioning about developments in the region.
So far, the National Peace Council, influential people and some members of the public have condemned the Western Togolese secessionist group.
