The politicization of crime emboldens criminals; stop that! – Awuku

General News of Saturday, June 15, 2019

Source: kasapafmonline.com

2019-06-15

The ruling party's national organizer, the new Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku, vehemently condemned what he calls politicization of the crime following the recent arrest of the suspects at The origin of the abduction of two Canadian women in Kumasi.

According to him, the politicization of crime encourages a criminal to continue to perpetrate it, knowing that one political party or the other will come to his defense every time he gets caught.

Moments after the announcement of the arrest of Seidu Mba by security agents during a rescue exercise of Canadian nationals on Wednesday, the case took a political turn: the media are overwhelmed by allegations that the suspect is a known supporter of the MPN and a member of the group. party militia group, Delta Force. But the group has since declined in a statement released Thursday.

The main opposition party, the NDC, held a press conference Thursday, insisting that Seidu, who would be the leader of the kidnappers, is a member of the PNP and even decided to produce an audio interview that the suspect would have had with a station based in Kumasi. stated that he is a member of the PNP.

The nuclear plant also repeatedly claimed that the suspect was a known member of the NDC and alleged that NDC President Samuel Foosu Ampofo took control of the NDC president and bought the vehicle from Seidu Mba, a Range Rover vehicle. .

Sammi Awuku, host of Kwaku Owusu Adjei on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa FM, however, condemned the pointless politicization of the issue, pointing out that crime was a crime and should be treated as such, devoid of any political coloring.

"If an armed robber comes to attack you in the night, he does not ask you to show your party card, be it a BNP or a BNP, he commits the crime. I plead with young people on both sides of the political divide and communicators of the ruling party and opposition NDC that crime does not have any color. We should not allow the politicization of crime to create fertile ground for a criminal perpetuating the crime, then to clothe his misdeeds of a political party, so that, depending on which party he aligns with, his supporters will defend it with the attack from the other side.

He added, "If this practice is not stopped, the criminals will be emboldened. If someone commits a crime, judge the person based on the content of his character and not his affiliation to a political party. "