You promised to protect the Ghanaians, but what is happening?

Politics of Monday, October 26, 2020

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

2020-10-26

The policy think tank, Strategic Thinkers Network (STRANEK) has expressed concern about what they described as insecurity in the country.

He says the current administration promised to guarantee peace and security for all and must be guided by that promise.

A statement issued by the think tank recounted the recent attacks and killings of some prominent Ghanaians.

They want the government to take steps to protect the lives of Ghanaians as promised.

”In the space of 30 days, 5 police officers were killed in the line of duty, the deadliest since 1992. Corporal Agatha Nana Nabin of the Northern Regional Police Command was shot at a police checkpoint on July 30, 2019. Corporal Bernard Antwi of Manso Nkwanta Divisional Command was found dead after working hours on August 19, 2019. General Lance Corporal Alhassan Asare of Akyem Swedru Police Station was found dead at a fuel station while was on duty on August 20, 2019. Sergeant Michael Dzamesi and Lance Corporal Mohammend Awal, both from the Motorized Traffic and Transport Directorate (MTTD) on the Buduburam stretch, were shot by armed men on August 28, 2019.

In March this year, Michael Mawutor Adzahli, a member of the Sogakope South Electoral Area Assembly in the Volta region was also shot dead by gunmen at his residence. Residents took the deceased’s wife, who had suffered severe cuts, to the hospital.

On September 13, 2020, a 66-year-old University of Ghana law professor, Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, was horribly murdered at his residence in Adjirigano, Accra. Reports suggest that the late professor was lying in a pool of blood with his hands and legs tied.

On October 9, 2020, a titular Member of Parliament for the Mfantseman constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford, was shot and killed by armed robbers. An eyewitness account says that the MP’s vehicle was shot while trying to drive away from the scene of the robbery.

The late MP was shot twice in the chest for allegedly revealing his identity to the gunmen. “

Read the full statement below

* 26.10.2020 **

PEACE AND SECURITY OF LIVES MATTER-STRANEK-Africa *

The climate of insecurity so far in Ghana is of great concern and this reminds STRANEK-Africa of the promise made in the 2016 manifesto (Change, an agenda for jobs) of the New Patriotic Party (PNP) on page 43. On that page, the manifesto outlined how this current government will ensure peace and security for all Ghanaians. A promise was made that everyone will feel safe on the streets and in their homes. Ghanaians were assured of going about their daily activities in the knowledge that their property and their lives would be safe. Can the promise of peace and security for all Ghanaians be said to have been fulfilled to some extent?

In 2017, in the Ashanti region, a group called Delta Forces attacked Mr. George Agyei, the then Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator. After the physical abuse and removal from his office, the basis was that the appointee did not participate in the power struggle before the 2016 general election. The Louvre sheets and the office furniture were damaged.

In the same year, the same group desecrated the alter of justice by attacking a court on duty. They released 13 of their members on trial for causing chaos in the Ashanti Regional Coordination Council. In the end, his punishment was described at best as a slap on the wrist. On July 12, 2018, at 1:20 pm, two unarmed police officers were shot by suspected armed robbers in Lapaz near Las Palmas Restaurant. These law enforcement officers were on a community police patrol on their motorcycles.

In a press release from the Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, one of the police officers died while in treatment and the other, we were told, was stable. On January 21, 2018, seven inmates at the Kwabenya Police Station escaped from custody through a cell breach carried out by 6 armed men similar to what happened the previous year with the Delta Forces. The cell breaking led to the shooting of the police officer at the post named Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi. In the same year, fear gripped the Sekondi-Takoradi people of the western region following the kidnapping of the three Takoradi girls: Mantebea Koranchie, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Ruth Love Quayson, who were later pronounced dead. On September 18, 2019, STRANEK-Africa expressed concern about the confirmation of the DNA test performed on bone remains recovered from two locations in Sekondi-Takoradi in the western region in August 2019 as that of the missing girls, especially when The then Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, claimed that the police knew where the three missing girls were at a press conference held in Accra on April 2, 2019.

This followed the confession of Samuel Udeotuk Wills (main suspect) to the Office of National Investigations that the girls were sold for $ 5000.00 each in Nigeria to an operator of a ‘Baby Factory’ in Onitsha in Anambra State. He also admitted that the victims were sedated and transported out of Ghana with the help of John Oji and Chika Nnodim.

Consequently, 2019 began with the assassination of a senior official of the Ghana Port and Port Authority. Ms. Josephine Asante, Public Affairs Manager of Ghana Ports and Port Authority was killed at her residence in Afienya, Tema. The 49-year-old woman was found in a motionless pool of blood without responding to the wake-up call. A police report suggested that the deceased was found with fresh cuts and semen around her pelvic region. However, the autopsy report attributed his death to strangulation and suffocation, contrary to the previous report. Ahmed Hussien Suale, an undercover journalist for Tiger Eye PI who had investigated corruption in the Ghana Football Association was shot and killed while driving home. The cowardly act occurred after the findings of that documentary were released to the public. Reports suggest that the late Suale was shot twice in the chest and once in the neck in the suburb of Madina.

In the space of 30 days, 5 police officers were killed in the line of duty, the deadliest since 1992. Corporal Agatha Nana Nabin of the Northern Regional Police Command was shot at a police checkpoint on July 30, 2019. Corporal Bernard Antwi de Manso On August 19, 2019, Nkwanta Divisional Command was found dead after working hours. On August 20, 2019, General Lance Corporal Alhassan Asare from Akyem Swedru Police Station was found dead in a gas station while on duty. , both from the Directorate of Traffic and Motorized Transport (MTTD) in the Buduburam section, were shot by armed men on August 28, 2019.

In March this year, Michael Mawutor Adzahli, a member of the Sogakope South Electoral Area Assembly in the Volta region was also shot dead by gunmen at his residence. Residents took the deceased’s wife, who had suffered severe cuts, to the hospital.

On September 13, 2020, a 66-year-old University of Ghana law professor, Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, was horribly murdered at his residence in Adjirigano, Accra. Reports suggest that the late professor was lying in a pool of blood with his hands and legs tied.

On October 9, 2020, a titular Member of Parliament for the Mfantseman constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford, was shot and killed by armed robbers. An eyewitness account says that the MP’s vehicle was shot in an attempt to drive away from the scene of the robbery.

The late MP was shot twice in the chest for allegedly revealing his identity to the gunmen.

The timeline of incidents has instilled fear in the citizens of Ghana, which is why we call on the government to strengthen security for the December 2020 elections and beyond. Our lives, peace and security are important and we must all be involved in building our nation.