Some BNI lawyers, Nat'l Security, behave as if they have forgotten the law – Anyenini

General News on Friday, July 5th, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-07-05

Samson Lardi Anyenini, a private lawyer, said that the conduct of some National Security Secretariat and National Investigation Bureau (BNI) lawyers describes them as people who have forgotten the law taught to them at the time. school.

Mr. Anyenini complained that, on a number of occasions, the suspects were detained at the BNI or the National Security Secretariat beyond the 48 hours prescribed by law.

Mr. Anyenini, who is also a journalist, said on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Paul Metro's Good Evening Ghana TV show in the "Goodnight in Ghana" show, about the arrest and the detention of ModernGhana journalist Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri and journalist Emmanuel the National Security Bureau for alleged computer hacking and cybercrime.

After his release, Ajarfor claimed to have been tortured by security agents, but National Security refuted this badertion.

Mr. Lardi Anyenini, Mr. Ajarfor's attorney, said, "I am in this business and I have also been to national security at BNI for the past 10 years.

"I will be the most naïve practitioner to say that these security systems are not excessive. You will be on site and meet with your colleagues with whom you have sat in the law school and they will behave as if they had forgotten all the laws that were taught them about due process.

"At one time, Kissi Agyabeng and I went to have a client at the BNI, but the attitude was terrible and it was a lawyer who was at the head of the BNI.

"We came to the conclusion that we had to complain to the Attorney General to remind them about what they were doing.

"They detained this client for the period of time provided by law, and they actually took action."