Sack Brong Ahafo Regional Minister Now -�Asunafo Youth Association Tells Mahama
Some aggrieved youth in the Asunafo south district in the Brong Ahafo region want the Region's Minister, Eric Opoku and the regional police Commander, DCOP Maxwell Atingaani out of office.
Their statement follows news of a police officer who got shot and died when he and his colleagues were battling some suspected robbers on the Kukuom - Bibiani highway, last Thursday.
Corporal Humphrey Lumor was shot and subsequently taken to the Goaso Government hospital for treatment but died some hours later.
This is the second time such an incident has occurred in the region in less than two months.
According to the group, the Police have been somehow ineffective in combatting and investigating crime related matters in the region.
This is the full statement:
We demand of the President to as a matter of urgency relief the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister Hon Eric Opoku (MP) of his current position as a Regional Minister, as well as the Regional Police commander DCOP Maxwell Atingaani who is also a native of Asunafo South.
Our action is anchored by the overwhelming state of insecurity in the region most especially their own backyard Asunafo South.
Recently, there have been several crimes committed with culprits going unpublished and others not even investigated for reasons best known to these two authorities.
It has become a routine that market women are robbed of their valuables every Thursday on the Sankore-Kwapong-Noberkaw stretch.
A journalist by name Abanga was also murdered on the same stretch about a year ago but sadly nobody has been picked up.
Latest is the sad manner with which CPL Lumor was shot dead on the Kukuom Bibiani highway.
We can recount over 50 serious crimes that have been committed in the area with impunity over the past few years.
In this regard however, we believe that either these two authorities are either interested in current spate of insecurity in our or they are absolutely incompetent to handle such key positions in the region.
This is because; this area is not known to be dangerous except recently under the supervision of Hon Eric Opoku and DCOP Maxwell Atingaani.
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