News:
June 1, 2011
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Atiwa, Kwasi Amoako – Attah has bemoaned the increasing spate of vandalism of state properties by irate youth in recent times.
According to him, this indiscipline and criminal behavior by disgruntled persons if not curbed immediately may have dire consequences for the country in the near future.
His made the comments in the wake of a reported case in which angry youth of Bole in the Northern Region besieged and vandalized the police station in the area in apparent displeasure over the killing of a man in the area by the police.
The police night patrol team in the area is said to have received a distressed call from a man who reported that armed robbers on a motor bike had robbed him, the police in response to the call drove towards that area and chanced upon a man riding a motor bike, he was ordered to stop but failed to and was shot at by the police killing him.
It later turned out that it was a case of mistaken identity since the man who was shot at was a businessman who did legitimate business in the area.
Speaking on e.tv’s newspaper review programme “ Breakfast TV’’ the Member of Parliament for Atiwa, Kwasi Amoako – Attah who condemned the unruly behavior of the youth however called on the police service to find ways of reducing casualties as a result of ‘mistaken identity’.
He noted that the police has a history of inadvertently killing innocent people citing the Taifa and Dansoman shooting incidents among others which should serve as a wakeup call for the police to be more professional in its duties.
Hon. Amoako- Attah urged the police hierarchy to use its internal mechanisms to bring the liable police men to book to assuage the feelings of the aggrieved persons.
Story by : Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh