A former National Democratic Congress MP Sylvester Mensah has decried the spiraling rate of lawlessness in Ghana since the change of government.
Vigilante groups linked to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been on vandalism spree, seizing state properties and going on collision course with law enforcement agencies. There are pockets of violence in parts of the country as rowdy citizens attack police stations to release suspects.
Forty-eight hours ago, a military commander Captain Maxwell Mahama of the 5th Battalion of Infantry who was on detachment at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central region was lynched at dawn as residents alleged he was mistaken as an armed robber.
Joining a number of personalities in condemning the gruesome murder, Mr. Mensah, who was the boss of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in the Mahama administration said “no one appears safe” in Ghana now.
He took to Facebook to condemn the “barbaric and cruel murder of a gentle soul.”
Below is his brief statement:
“My heart bleeds, there is imminent threat by evil over our fatherland. We seem to be losing control in the name of political expediency. Somanya was a replay of Delta force in Kumasi. JB Danquah’s murder is still hanging over our neck. Now we have reckless instant justice against the innocent ! No one appears safe. My condolences to the parents, wife and children of the late Captain Adam Mahama in these deeply emotional moments of extreme barbaric and cruel murder of a gentle soul. May he rest in the bossom of the good Lord. Amen!”
Source: starrfm
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Most of the people doing these are all akans. They are the people parading in town saying to the whole world that "their party is in power". If they are really sensible, they could have behave to keep their party power but not going round misbehaving. Because majority of these so called forces are lazy, they want cheap money
Hypocrite.
IT IS VERY PAINFUL THAT PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER ARE MAKING POLITICAL GAINS OUT OF THIS BARBARIC ACT. IS THIS THE FIRST TIME MOB ACTION OF THIS SORT HAS HAPPENED TO SOMEONE IN THE COUNTRY. INSTANT JUSTICE IS A CRUEL THING AND MUST NOT BE ENTERTAINED AS A COUNTRY. SHOULD WE SIT DOWN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO A PROMINENT PERSON BEFORE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? NOBODY WOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT IF THIS ACT HAPPENED TO AN ORDINARY GHANAIAN ON THE STREET. INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE ACCUSED OF ROBBERY AND THEY ARE LYNCHED EVERY TIME BUT NOTHING IS HEARD ABOUT ANY POLITICIAN. PEOPLE SELL ON ROAD SIDE AND THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SIT ALOOF AWAITING FOR A DISASTER TO STRIKE BEFORE THEY REACT. IF IT HAPPENS TO ANY CITIZEN AT ALL IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT LET IT HAPPEN TO A POLITICIAN'S RELATIVE , IT WILL CHANGE TO SOMETHING ELSE.
it sometimes baffles my mind the way some so called educated men think. How on this earth can u link this barbaric incident to politics. Mr. Mensah, WISE-UP! Dont expose yourself.
***barred word*** old man
Was Ghana safe during the last 8yrs when people were lynched? By Heart talk, wise up. NHIS collapsed under your watch, and you have been left off the hook.
You see this man taking as if he doesn't have head. NDC will play politics with anything. So at the end of the day we are not able to come to the final conclusion. You only want to come to power but not to govern. Please if you don't have any sensible thing to say better keep your mouth shut.