President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been asked to sanction the Minister of State in Charge of National Security, Bryan Acheampong, for operating outside ‘his mandate’.
Mr Adam Bonaa, a Security Analyst says the mandate of the National Security is not to assign officers or distribute arms, but once Bryan Acheampong did that he moved out of his jurisdiction and must be punished for that.
“If I were the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, I would sanction him immediately . . . from where I sit, I can see a lot of lapses,” he intimated.
Though the Ghana Police Service has said they had no knowledge that the 'SWAT' team had been assigned to the Bawaleshie electoral area during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, Minister of State in-charge of National Security, Bryan Acheampong is reported to have said his outfit deployed the masked security men present at the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-elections.
According to him, the men were deployed based on intelligence picked up by his outfit concerning the by-election.
“We deployed all kinds of security forces in operation depending on the information we had from the polling grounds, there were some in uniforms and some in plain clothes. This is not a new directive, it happens all the time,” he stated in an interview with Citi FM news.
Speaking to this act which has been widely condemned by several groups and individuals in an interview on Class FM, Mr Adams Bonaa queried: “has the mandate of the National Security changed from being a coordinating and monitoring evaluating unit or agency to one that must keep a standby post, one that must have an armoury to one that deals with suspected terrorists who according to them, picked intel? Is it their mandate, has it been changed?”
According to him, “when these questions are answered, it will go to explain the lack of coordination or coordination of our security agencies . . . The National Security Service is to pick intel and share same with the Ghana police . . . but when you have the National Security acting on its own when the law hasn’t changed; that is worrying.”
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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As much as I codemn the beating of Sam George,There is too much corruption in Ghana police to trust them with sensitive info,in advanced countries its normal for intelligence agencies to hide Intel from police etc,since we do not know the Intel received by the National security it difficult to tell if the masks were necessarily or not.if Bryan exceeded his powers then he need to be cautioned or made to resign
NPP HAS A LOT OF FOLLOWERS WHO ARE REALLY BACK*WARD WITH LIMITED EDUCATION. ALL THEY KNOW IS TO FOLLOW BLINDLY THE PARTY HIERARCHY AND INSULT EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAS DIFFERENT OPEN OPINIONS WITHOUT LISTENING CAREFULLY TO OTHERS. I HAVE SOME OF THEM IN MY OFFICE WHO WILL ALWAYS MAKE VERY UNSOUND ARGUMENTS BUT FEEL THEY ARE CONVINCING EVERYONE AROUND.
I DID NOT KNOW WE HAVE PLENTY ANALYSTS AND CONSULTANTS IN GHANA BEFORE. EVEN IF A MAN STAMBLES, THERE IS STAMBLING ANALYST.
I just dont know where and why suddenly everyone is either analyst or a consultant? Whatever scientific analysts this so-called security analyst conducted beats my imagination.
Who is this so called Security Analyst?Was he in Ghana when John Mahama was twisting his waist around Ghana telling everyone he is the COMMANDER IN CHIEF and was ready to deal with the Opposition. Ghanaians are even lucky to have Bryan Acheampong in POST.He will not allow anyone to destroy this country and the "BOOT for BOOT" Team must be ready to meet their metre from now till 2020 beyond.The security must deal with anyone who ***barred word*** around.
I think by now Mr. Bona would have known the fact that; 1 the hooligans are Ndc Hawks 2 the security that faced them came from National Security Please we tired of your so call fact she
As a security analyst can you tell Ghanaians what the NDC supporters/hawkers doing at the NDC parliamentarian's warehouse at that particular moment. It has come to our attention that the candidate lives at trasaco.
Mr Bonaa I respect you a lot for your objectivity in discussions but please sit where you are and stop mithering the President. As a security analyst your job is not to be a know all. Bryan Acheampong confirmed the men who disrupted the ev1-l that was being planned by the NDC hawks were from National Security at no point has he said or do you have evidence that he distributed arms to them.I don't think you expected them to go there with Candy floss or alewa? Please spare me this n0n£$ense of twisting facts. What should the role of a National Security Coordinator be if he cannot coordinate operations to prevent acts that are likely to destabilise a national process or even the nation? They wore mask and so what? They could have worn bikinis and still have been ruthl£ss with the NDC +hug$.Even as a lay person not claiming to be a so called security analyst, I am certain that this was orchestrated by the NDC to save face from an imminent loss in the elections.
THIS NDC SECURITY ANALYST IS NOT SERIOUS.WERE YOU IN THE COUNTRY AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT TALENSI?