Former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana says the involvement of masked vigilante groups by political parties to protect ballot boxes must be condemned.
According to Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, if strict measures are not taking by the state security heads to ban these vigilante groups, Ghana will be plunged into chaos.
“Where are these ‘Kaakaa motobi’ [masked] vigilante groups coming from?” he questioned in an interview with Asempa FM’s ‘Ekosii Sen’ Programme Friday, February 8, 2019.
His comment follows the violence in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-elections which led to about 17 sustaining gunshot wounds and a Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George assaulted.
The task force, masked and heavily armed, stormed a polling station at La Bawalashie and shot at persons engaged in the electoral process.
It is not yet known what may have prompted the armed security personnel to shoot and injure at least six persons, but police have launched a full-scale investigation.
Government has also set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the incident - A former Commissioner at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short is the Chairperson of the Commission while former Dean of the Faculty of Law of GIMPA and private legal practitioner, Mr. Ernest Kofi Abotsi has been appointed as Secretary to the Commission.
Other members of the Commission are Henrietta Mensah Bonsu and Patrick K. Acheampong.
Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong who is unhappy of what happened at Ayawaso blamed the NDC and NPP for giving legitimacy to such hoodlums to perpetrate violence during elections.
“Both President Akufo-Addo and former President John Mahama are beneficiaries of the action of such group but ahead of 2020 elections, they must allow Ghana’s democracy to work” he bemoaned.
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THEN WARN THE NDC HOOLIGANS AND MACHO MEN AND THEIR MOTOR CYCLES NOT TO GO NEAR THE POLLING STATIONS WHEN THERE IS VOTING GOING ON, OTHERWISE THE KAAKA MOTOBI WILL COME AND DEAL WITH THEM, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PASTOR MINISTER WHO DOES POLITICS, WHEN YOU ADVISE CAT THEN ALSO ADVICE ROTTEN FISH. WHY WAS NDC SENT THEIR MEN TO GO AND FO-OLING UP WITH THEIR MOTOR CYCLES IN AWAYASO BY ELECTIONS AREAS FOR.
Who are those armed men, criminals or police officers, who sent them, cant the police do the search if they have evidence. Why use hooligans, why use police vehicle, why were they armed and who armed. Only foooooooooools will support this nosenseeeeeeeeeee.
I think Dr Opunu took this matter on the surface. He didn't get the full appreciation of events. In fact, his argument is based on hearsay. I have said this several times. Most people commenting on this matter failed to ask basic questions: why armed security at the by-election, who were those targeted, why did was a particular location searched for certain people? Those are basic questions which would give enormous information called data. You Will then base your argument on such data but not conjecture.
Let's leave those who have been benefiting from elections to go and vote for themselves.
All those defending this village and barbaric act are wicked people against humanity with the excuse that similar things happened in the past.