Double is not a criminal – Sammi Awuku defends his longtime friend

General News of Sunday, March 17, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-03-17

Sammi Awuku, the ruling party's national organizer, the new ruling patriotic party, has pitched an energetic defense for his longtime friend, Bright Ernest Akomeah, aka "Double", a mobile phone operator turned agent. national security.

He revealed that Double had no criminal record because members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wished to present to the public and also had the right to be recruited into national security, just like any other person, reports MyNewsGh.com.

"I've known Double for over 10 years as a good friend. We used to live together in a neighborhood that Taifa and I moved to another suburb of Accra. He then moved to the same neighborhood by coincidence. He is not known to have committed an act of illegality and I am surprised that the NDC deliberately attempts to tag people, "he revealed in an exclusive interview at MyNewsGh.com.

Double would be one of the national security agents who orchestrated the violence in the constituency of Ayawaso West Wuogon in the Greater Accra region during the January 31, 2019 by-election.

Their actions were condemned by most Ghanaians, who also winced about the composition of the national security agents, which even led to the creation of an investigating commission charged with investigate violence.

Mr. Sammi Awuku has also been accused of helping recruit members of the party's militia, including Double, into the security services, although he is not qualified.

But to talk about the issue for the first time since his arrival, Mr. Awuku did not deny having known Double, but said he was more than qualified to work with National Security and the fact that he being badociated with the agency does not mean that they still can not be friends.

"When he was recruited as a national security officer, he was a bit removed from me because I became a politically known man and he was now working with the agency. of security. But let me also point out that the fact that someone is badociated with me or known does not mean that this person does not have the right to be employed, "he added.