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General News of Saturday, February 16, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-02-16
Former Chief of the Defense Staff, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah
Former Brigadier of the Defense Staff, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, said that National Security agents did not have to worry about anything in dealing with the violence or the crime.
Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah's observations come from the fact that the Emile Short inquiry investigated the violence that occurred in the August 31, 2019 by-election of Ayawaso West Wuogon.
National Security Minister Albert Kan-Dapaah told the Commission on Thursday that the gunmen and masked men who went to the NDC candidate's home on the intelligence base are national security agents.
There were some altercations when these men went home, which resulted in the death of some people. The available videos also show that this staff badaulted citizens outside the house in areas near the polls.
"It was said that for this operation, they acted on the basis of an intelligence report that there were weapons in the building in the constituency where the by-election was taking place. So they set up a surveillance around the place to be able to stop the use of weapons and if it was possible to recover the weapons without confrontation.
"They were informed that this building was used as the operations headquarters of the NDC candidate," Kan-Dapaah told the Commission on Thursday.
But Brigadier-General Nunoo-Mensah said Saturday on TV3's key points that national security agents were gathering information. .
"They are intelligence teams. When it comes to violence, they do not go there, they inform the police who will act, it is not up to them to take action, it is not their job.
"The only people who can use force are the police and the army. The others support them with intelligence.
"When it comes to arresting someone, it is handed over to the army and to the police in uniform. National security should not have troops, "said Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah.
He expressed doubts that the armed masked men at the home of the NDC candidate are true national security agents.
According to him, in most elections, political parties have released their self-defense groups so that they are on the ground, as well as security personnel sent the same day.
"Everyone should not call crazy men to cause confusion. Political parties hold party officials, accustomed fools.
"These elements that people call invisible forces or not, that's the problem. They are released by the political parties to sow chaos. If they were not there, there would be no confusion, "he said.
The work of the commission of inquiry
Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah (ret) instructed the Commission to investigate the incidents leading to the violence in Ayawaso West Wuogon to do a holistic job.
He also instructed the government to ensure that the Commission's recommendations are implemented and not put on the back burner as was the case in the past.
"If the Commission makes recommendations, they must be implemented. Otherwise, Ghana will be on fire. If we repeat what happened two or three weeks ago in December of next year, there will be fireworks, "he warned.
He also urged the Commission to question the Inspector General of Police about the incident, stating that the Minister of the Interior had no business to appear before the Commission, his duties being more oriented towards the formulation of the policy.
"There is total confusion about what ministers should do and what people in uniform should do. Ministers should not be concerned about the deployment of moving troops. It is not their job.
"The minister has nothing to do on this file. It's the IGP that is operational at the operational level. The Minister of the Interior is involved in the political decision. This is the problem of IGP.
"No minister has to deal with what happened that day," Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah said.
The former national security advisor called for swift action to bring perpetrators of crimes to do business.
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