Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buabeng Asamoah has condemned the statements by Adansi Asokwa MP, K.T Hammond and former President John Mahama regarding the deployment of security forces in the Volta Region.
K.T Hammond's Statements
Speaking on the security presence in the Volta Region, Hon. K.T Hammond said the Military has been stationed in the Region to prevent non-Ghanaians from participating in the ongoing new voters' registration exercise.
“The military is at the Aflao border to make sure you vote if you are a Ghanaian and if you have the constitutional right to vote. That’s all there is. They are not electoral officers, but they are peacekeeping forces. They are keeping the peace. They [Togolese] walk into the [Volta Region] and come out normally but they are not Ghanaians. When they walk in there, they can do whatever they do so I guess that is the reason for that," he stated.
Ex-Prez Mahama Condemns Prez Akufo-Addo
Former President John Dramani Mahama, addressing the issue, also scolded President Nana Akufo-Addo for sanctioning the Military presence in the Region.
"I have sufficient reason to believe that there is merit in the concerns raised by the residents of these Regions. This represents another unprecedented low in the shameless abuse of state power to attack the very citizens whose safety and security the Akufo-Addo government should be protecting. It is becoming evident by the day, that the Akufo-Addo government perceives political power as an end in itself hence the resort to such crude and high-handed measures to usurp the mandate of the people.
"To send troops into regions in times of peace for the sole purpose of preventing them from registration amounts to declaring war on them. Any President sanctioning this sort of activity stands in breach of his oath to the people of Ghana. Any President doing this, commits a grave sin against the very people he swore to protect. No one would have imagined that a Ghanaian government would be so obsessed with hanging on to power as to subject its own citizens to such mistreatment and execute an ethno-tribal agenda of this magnitude against them," a statement from his office read.
Buaben Asamoa on K.T Hammond & Mahama
Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' on Wednesday, Yaw Buaben Asamoa expressed disgust over the statements by the two leaders and advised them to refrain from making irresponsible comments.
"It is inappropriate to make such remarks. I don't agree with the two at all and the former President and NDC flagbearer also made some comments. He also didn't act well at all. As a former Head of State, stoking such statements is a disgrace to him and Ghana."
He stressed there is no ill motive behind the military deployment to the Regions.
"Nobody has schemed to deliberately infringe on any person's fundamental rights and freedom of movement," he said.
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