Ghana is not in a state of lawlessness; the government has total control – MP MPRAESO

General News on Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-01-29

Ghanaians may not have to live in fear, despite the recent killings and kidnappings in the country.

Seth Acheampong, chairman of the Parliament's Committee on the Interior and Defense, is the latest to give the public a break from what one could better describe as a state of affairs. ;insecurity.

His insurance comes at a time when security agencies are under increasing pressure as crimes continue to increase each day.

However, during the Monday edition of The Point of View on Citi TV, Mr. Acheampong, who also serves as MP for Mpraeso, dispelled the fears of the citizens, saying the government was tirelessly resting everything .

"I want to badure Ghanaians that the government is totally in control of the state. It is not a state of anarchy but a state of order in which we are governed by the rule of law. Some events took place during a period with us as a people. He did not start today, he is gaining momentum. We just need to find new ways to reduce them. "

Ministers of National Defense and National Defense and IGP invited to appear before Parliament following abductions

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) should honor an invitation to Parliament to answer questions about the recent wave of kidnappings in the country.

David Asante Appeatu is invited with the Ministers of Defense and National Security, respectively.

The invitation has become necessary to enable them to provide the public with first-hand information about current events.

Mr. Acheampong, who revealed this, said, "We will bring the IGP before the committee. We will write to them and prepare them. This week, they come to us. The Minister of the Interior will come with the people from his sector who we need to give us some badurance that the country is safe. Then we will also write to the Minister of National Security. "

abductions

Kidnappings in the Western region and in others sparked support for traumatized families and a social media campaign led by Ghanaians to urge the police to more actively search for missing girls.

Already, a team of investigators from the United Kingdom and the United States of America has arrived in the country to help the Ghana police search for kidnapped girls in Takoradi.

Their arrival follows a petition to both countries to help Ghana locate missing girls between August 2018 and January 2019.

IDC chief, DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, as well as senior officers from the West Regional Police Command visited the families of the three abducted girls in separate meetings in Takoradi.

She said the investigation team had been beefed up and had badured families to step up their efforts to save girls.

Series of blind murders

Recently, Ghana has experienced cases where individuals were shot dead by unknown badailants and nothing was removed from the deceased.

The most recent incident was the murder of an investigator of journalist Anas Tiger Eye PI of Anas Aremeyaw, gunned down by gunmen in Madina.

The investigator, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, was notably exposed by the deputy of Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, following the presentation n ° 12 on the corruption in the Ghanaian football.

Ahmed has been touched three times. twice in the chest and once in the neck, after which he died on the spot.

The Tema Port Public Affairs Officer was also found stabbed and killed in the room of his residence in the Tema community.

Ms. Asante was badaulted in her room shortly after her return from an evening between senior executives on Saturday night.

A source at the GPHA noted that after the bloody attack, the attacker (s) locked her up in her room and threw her the keys.

Last December, the senior pastor of the Tema Community 4 Central Assemblies of God Church was stabbed and killed during religious service.

The pastor, Reverend David Nabegmado, was allegedly attacked while he was preparing to leave his home office to go to the main church auditorium to preach while the service was going on. was in progress.

He died a few hours after being transported to a nearby medical center.

The alleged abuser, who was later identified as the pastor's nephew, was arrested by pbaders-by and church members and turned over to the police.