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Professor Kwesi Aning is Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at KAIPTC
• Professor Aning says it is doubtful how the army was sent to Ejura when not trained for conflict resolution
• He also questioned alleged information security agencies say they had about an alleged arson attack at a police station by youths
• He says intelligence is weak and challenged them to provide intelligence
Professor Kwesi Aning, director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC), has punched holes in the security services’ intelligence on what they say is an attempt by the youths of Ejura to set a police station on fire.
His comments follow recent clashes between the young people of Ejura and the joint forces of the police and some soldiers after the former took to the streets to protest the massacre of one of them.
Ibrahim Kaaka Mohammed, an activist, was assaulted and killed after what was widely reported as his connection to the #FixTheCountry campaign, as well as what appeared to be death threats for “making the government unpopular” .
When the young people of Ejura clashed with the security forces, the situation worsened, resulting in the murder of two more people, which was also widely criticized.
But, according to Professor Kwesi Aning, public confidence in the police is already low and having sent military personnel to Ejura means the situation has worsened so much.
This is however something that the security analyst said he strongly doubts, especially since the military is not designed to engage in conflict resolution.
“By this time, the police had lost the trust and confidence of society. When assessments are made, then it is up to political leaders to step in to soothe people’s wounds. So the army will never be alone, let’s say, “Oh, we’ve heard that something is going on in Ejura, so we’re going to step in. No. They always have to come by invitation and by the time that invitation comes in, it means that the situation has escalated so much that we need a military response.
“Now, when you strike a blow against this state, and we appeal to the military: the military hardly ever does conflict resolution or mediation, when they do intervene, the situation should have escalated to such an extent that ‘ he would need a different kind of force and that is where my problem lies with this claim that there had been a security assessment that said that a station would be set on fire and two people would be killed. ” he explained.
Professor Aning therefore challenged the security services to provide the supposed information as they claim to have it, adding that even in his own analysis, this information seems so imperfect.
“I now call on my friend, the Hon. Agalga, to ask to see this assessment and see the conclusions of this assessment because without having seen this document, I very much doubt that this assessment went from zero to people trying to burn down a police station. A critical analysis of this so-called document and the interview from which I derive this information is so flawed that even an ordinary sieve that you use to sift the crushed palm kernel to make your ‘abenkwan’, that sieve has even better holes, “he said.
Professor Kwesi Aning was speaking on NewsFile on the JoyNews channel on Saturday July 3, 2021 and being monitored by GhanaWeb.
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