Former Member of Parliament for Adentan Constituency on the ticket of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hon. Adu Asare has emphatically stated that Nigerians introduced armed robbery and other hardened criminal activities in Ghana.
According to him, armed robbery and highway robbery which have become predominant in the country is an adopted behaviour from Nigeria which was first heard of in 1987, following the operations of one notorious criminal called Anini.
Born Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini in 1960, he was a Nigerian bandit who terrorised Benin City in the 1980s along with his sidekick Monday Osunbor. Anini was captured and executed for his crimes in 1987.
Commenting on the Nigerian Professor, Austin Nwagbara, who was captured in a recent video recording, scheming to denigrate Ghana as a bad country, the former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports said on Radio Gold’s "Alhaji and Alhaji" that the University Lecturer's comment was simply a desperate attempt to savage the bad image of Ghana's West-African neighbours.
“...that was the first time I heard about armed robbery in Ghana. Those in Ghana, it was petty thievery; that is what we used to have here. We have burglars who will come to your home to steal TV, radio set, fridge and other valuable items but armed robbery and highway robbery and all those hardened criminal activities came from Nigeria; there is no doubt about that and over the years, Ghanaians have learned these things”, he asserted.
He however indicated that Ghanaians have not only learned bad things from Nigeria as some of Ghanaian lecturers are also in Nigeria teaching in their Universities; thus the Nigerians also come to Ghana for trading.
Discussing the cause of increase in criminal activities in the country, Hon. Adu Asare outlined that the porous immigration system, Ghanaian security at the borders and hospitality in general have contributed to the influx of crimes and Nigerians into the country.
“When Nigerians come into the country, we don’t have any system to check what they are coming to do here; whether to visit or school, we don’t have such system running in the country...and so certainly, if you have such porous borders as we have them today, you cannot be exempted from these crimes”, he bemoaned.
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We all should not sound Naive. There are somethings leaders should not saying. I am a Ghanaian and a Criminologist and such a claim sounds like something an Illiterate will even be tactful in saying. How can you say organized crime and robbery originated from Nigeria. its not all the time you have say something just because you are in an interview or in-front of the camera. lets learn to be not only book-smart but wise and prudent in our dealings with the people that gave you power to lead them.
For once, I support Adu Asare on this. Nigerians are destroying Ghana. There are Ivorians, Beninois and other nationals in this country living peacefully and within the laws. We have not heard them undertaking criminal activities, if even they do, they are in the lowest minority. Why is it that any serious crime committed in Ghana has a Nigerian attached? does that not send a signal? Our borders were left porous by JDM: the criminals have entered the country and are causing harm to every Tom, ***barred word*** and Harry. It is a mtatter of time before they can be nibbed in the bud. Don't blame Akuffo Addo here. The situation had gotten out of hand before he took office. Ofosu-Ampofo has empowered them by his call to kidnap etc. Like Adu Asare is saying, it is his own party in the 1980s that disbanded Border Guards for which we are reaping the consequences to day. God bless our homeland Ghana
You have hit the nail right on top- Kudos for your bravery. It is the truth but we fail to say it openly.
THESE ANIMALS ALATAFUO SIKADUROFUO ANIMALS MUST LEAVE OR BELOVED GHANA FOR GOOD...ENOUGH IS ENOUGH NAIJA MUST GOOO
MR ASARE IS 100% RIGHT! I MADE A COMMENT ELSEWHERE ON GHANAWEB FRONT PAGE ABOUT HOW IN THE 1970/80S WE USED TO ATTEND CINEMA SHOWS AT BANTAMA RIVOLI TO AND FROM SOUTH SUNTRESO WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF BEEN ATTACKED. MY DAUGHTER USED TO ATTEND PREPARATORY SCHOOL AT KWADASO AT AGE 5 WITH THREE OTHERS OF AGE MATES AND WE NEVER THOUGHT OF ANY HARM BEFALLING HER. CAN THAT BE SAID OF PRESENT DAY GHANA WITH ALL THESE INFLUX OF NIGERIAN AND FULANI CRIMINALS? I TOTALLY AGREE WITH GLADYS ABOUT THE NPP GOVT INABILITY TO DEAL WITH THE INSECURITY IN OUR DEAR COUNTRY. COMING HOME FROM OVERSEAS TO GHANA FOR A VISIT IS ALWAYS A HEADACHE DUE O ALL THESE ARMED ROBBERY ACTIVITIES. NANA ADDO PLEASE WAKE UP AND SAVE YOPUR CITIZENS!!!
Personally am getting fed p of this Government bcs they the only Government in this world pampering Nigerians...npp am sorry but when it comes to security is below zero everyone is TIRED NOW
Why do we call the past and present MP's "honorable" at all?
This cannot be simply true. Let the police tell us the numbers of robbers arrested are mainly from Nigeria. Its typical baseless statements often made from emotions. There were more Kidnapping in 2013/14 was that Nigerians. This thing about this is alien to Ghanaians is just laughable. We break all types of laws and show disregard to the law and authority. Is that from Nigeria. Young people without jobs steal and kill everywhere in the world.
ARMED ROBBERY AND UNTHINKABLE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES BESIEGING GHANA ORIGINATED IN NIGERIA. THE SPATE OF ARMED ROBBERIES ENGULFING GHANA TODAY IS THE SOLE PRESERVE OF ROGUE NIGERIAN NATIONALS IN GHANA. WHEN THE LATE DR BUSIA AND HIS PROGRESS PARTY (PP) ENACTED AND IMPLEMENTED THE ALIENS COMPLIANCE ORDER TO FLUSH OUT MISCREANT AND HARD CORE NIGERIAN CRIMINALS IN GHANA IN THE 70'S, P/NDC & CPP NATION WRECKERS MADE POLITICAL CAPITAL OF THIS SENSITIVE ISSUE. P/NDC FOLLOWERS ARE STILL USING THIS WELL-THOUGHT OF ISSUE TO WIN THE HEARTS OF NON-THINKING ALIENS AND GHANAIANS THAT THE THE UNITED PARTY (UP) TRADITION IS AGAINST ALIENS RESIDING IN GHANA! UNTIL THOSE FORCES IN GHANA ERASE THIS ***barred word*** MINDSET THAT THIS PARTY IS AGAINST ALIENS ESPECIALLY NIGERIANS , GHANA WILL FOREVER BE A FERTILE GROUND/ HAVEN FOR HEARTLESS, SAVAGES AND FEARLESS THUGS. THESE CRUEL CRIMINALS ARE RAPING OUR WOMEN, KIDNAPPING AND SAPPING US FINANCIALLY IN OUR OWN BACKYARD WHILE WE REMAIN HELPLESS. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES ARE BY NIGERIANS, LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE SILENT 'ASSASSINS' FULANIS WHO ARE STILL WREAKING HAVOC! GOD HELP US....
As for this one he said the truth. There was nothing like armed robbery in Ghana, you could go out to have fun and come home safely, you can go to the pops or Dance and come home around 5am and nobody will ask you anything, Ghanaians slept outside in thd night because if heat and nothing happened but that is no more! our borders are porous because the border guards who watched has been disbanded by the P/ndc and we need answer why they did that giving room to criminals to come here! Even almighty America has national guards the same as border guards who protect their borders why not Ghana? The border guards must be restored and the Boys Company must be restored ! the boys company was mainly for school dropouts who wanted to join the army and they were very brave, courageous and ruthless so the P/ndc were scared of them and disbanded it. There are so many school dropouts roaming about who could have been enrolled into the Boys company for training into the regular army !