Apaak takes it to Akufo-Addo, GBA, and others for continued detention of Afoko

Policy of Monday, July 15th, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-07-15

Dr. Clement Apaak, MP for Builsa South, criticized the continued detention of Gregory Afoko, who had been released on bail by a court.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, an opposition party, called on the president, the Ghana Bar Association (ASB), Amnesty International and other state institutions for their silence on this issue. that he qualifies as inanimate.

Gregory Afoko, one of the suspects who allegedly killed the president of the New Patriotic High Party (NPP) of the Upper East, Adams Mahama, in 2015, was released on bail in March this year.

The criminal chamber of the Accra High Court admitted Mr. Afoko to pay a deposit of 500,000 ¢ with two bonds, one of which had to be justified.

As part of bail conditions, the court chaired by Judge George Buadi also ordered Afoko to report every two weeks to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghanaian police.

However, the suspect is still in detention.

In his letter, Dr. Apaak asked: "Should not the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) rule on Gregory Afoko's continued detention despite the court's decision to release him? Should organized work not speak? Should not Christian and Muslim councils express themselves? Where is Amnesty International in all of this? Should the Council of State not advise President NADAA and his party to respect the rights of Gregory Afoko? "

He concludes: "We must denounce this injustice. Too much is too much. The government / state orchestrated and directed anarchy and impunity must stop. #ReleaseGregoryAfokoNo. "

Read the full Facebook message below:

Gregory Afoko – My friends, let's call a cat a cat, the degree of anarchy and impunity in Ghana is incredible. And what is most worrying is that public and government officials and institutions are the most guilty.

Are we still a nation governed by the rule of law? Are we always respectful of the separation of powers? Is our constitution still the supreme law of the land? Has our president not sworn to respect the constitution? Does the constitution not recognize and protect the rights of every citizen?

Does our President always insist that he is a human rights defender who believes in the rule of law? So why does Gregory Afoko's detention continue even after a court order for his release? How can the courts be challenged by a government in a democratic constitutional dispensation?

Thinking that such a shameless injustice has been orchestrated and nurtured by the NADAA and the government of his party, is not only revealing, but also a clear sign of a growing danger to our freedoms and rights enshrined in the constitution of 1992.

Today, it is Gregory Afoko, tomorrow it could be about me, you or another citizen. Yet the voices that should tell the truth to power in the national interest are dumb.

Should the Ghana Association of Lawyers (GBA) not comment on Gregory Afoko's continued detention despite the court order to release him? Should organized work not speak? Should not Christian and Muslim councils express themselves? Where is Amnesty International in all of this? Should the Council of State not advise President NADAA and his party to respect the rights of Gregory Afoko?

We must denounce this injustice. Too much is too much. The government / state orchestrated and directed anarchy and impunity must stop. #ReleaseGregoryAfokoNo

I remain a citizen.

Dr. Clement Abasinaab Apaak

M.P, Builsa South