News:
July 5, 2013
Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman, Kofi Osei Ameyaw has questioned the effectiveness of night police checks on various roads across the country.
He said the mode of checks where police stop drivers at road blocks in the night only to throw the lights in their face and allow them to drive on leaves much to be desired.
The MP was speaking on GBC Breakfast show on Friday while commenting on the unfortunate shooting to death of a Teacher of the Kumasi Technical Institute by unknown assailants.
Hon. Osei Ameyaw stated that in his view it would be more efficient for the police to spend a few minutes of time searching through car booths to find out if weapons and other dangerous implements have been hidden in there.
”You sometimes drive in the night and meet a long queu of cars ahead of you apparantly being searched, it gets to your turn and the policeman walks up to you and only throws his torchlight at you and tells you to drive on, even armed robbers on their way to rob will then have safe passage, this measure must be reviewed” he said.
Hon. Osei Ameyaw urged the police to intensify their operations across the country especially in Kumasi which has recorded a lot of killings and other criminal activities in recent times.
Kwadwo Anim/Ghanamps.gov.gh