Security in Ghana is now porous since Akufo-Addo took power – Minority

General News on Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

2019-01-22

The minority in Parliament described recent murders, including Ahmed Hussein-Suale, as a contract kill.

The minority therefore calls on President Akufo-Addo to provide a road map that will protect the lives of Ghanaians.

According to the minority, the country's security has become so porous since President Akufo-Addo took office.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since President Akufo-Addo became president, the security situation in the country has become so porous that Ghanaians are now living in perpetual fear.

For example, according to statistics from the Ghanaian police, the number of robberies recorded at the end of 2017 amounted to 1,772, compared to 1,397 in 2016. This represents an increase of 27%. The situation has not improved in 2018, the only cases of robbery having reached 968 in the first quarter. "

The statement adds: "In view of the difficult times we are going through in managing our security, we call on the President as Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces and the President of the National Security Council to take action. to put an end to the alarming incidents of murder and robbery in the country, which should include badurances and concrete action by the President to rid the country of the growing sense of insecurity.

Ladies and gentlemen media, besides the terrible murder of Ahmed Hussien-Suale, the Mankralo of Prampram, Nene Atsuare Benta III was also killed by gunmen in Dodowa on Thursday, December 13, 2018. Before his badbadination, Nene Atsuare Benta III had received death threats from his attackers.

On the eve of New Year's Eve, Joseph Migal Jinjer, senior official of the Ghana Water Company Limited, as he was preparing to celebrate the New Year in his hometown of Bunkpurugu district, was removed from his all-terrain vehicle and shot by strangers.

In addition, Josephine Asante, Head of Marketing and Public Affairs of the Port Authority of Ghana (GPHA) in charge of the port of Tema, was stabbed to death at her residence in Tema, Community 25, on Saturday. January 2019.

A notable trend in all the murders referred to is that the attackers never stole or stole property belonging to their victims. Under the circumstances, reasonable minds should conclude that the murders recorded in recent times are "fixed-price murders".