‘March For Justice’ demo: Security threats under Akufo-Addo govt endangering lives than COVID-19— Kofi Adams
‘March for Justice’ demo: Security threats’ under Akufo-Addo govt endangering lives than COVID-19— Kofi Adams
The Member of Parliament for the Buem Constituency in the Oti Region, Kofi Adams has decried that the recent mishappenings in the country is contagious and endangering more lives than the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
He said the Akufo-Addo-led government has become lenient in dealing with security threats confronting the country, stressing that the recent happenings in the country indicate that the country’s democratic gains are being eroded.
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Mr Adams said this at the NDC Youth wing protest dubbed: “March for Justice” which seeks to draw the attention of the government to the brutalities meted out to citizens by the country’s security agencies.
“The recent happenings in the country are worse than COVID-19. Kaaka, who is gone, did not die because of COVID-19. Those who died after him did not die because of COVID-19. The people in Wa who suffer various forms of injuries were not harmed by COVID-19. The young man who lost his limb was not as a result of COVID-19,” he said.
Mr Adams indicated that the government’s failure to act on the incidents of violence and brutality that played out during the 2020 elections, has led to many of such incidents reoccurring.
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“Now people are clothed in respectable uniforms, sometimes these respectable uniforms are given to citizens to go out there and misbehave. This cannot continue in a country like Ghana, which should be serving as an example to many other countries,” he said.
Mr Adams noted that there had been growing concerns about the use of the military for civil events that ordinarily should be handled by the police.
The incidents, he said had angered many including the killing of some Ghanaians during the 2020 election, the invasion of Parliament by soldiers, the latest killing of two persons, and the injuring of four others who were protesting at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.
The brutalisation of some residents of the Upper West Region in Wa by some soldiers over a supposed stolen phone has also been widely condemned.
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Armed robbery cases and killings have also been on the rise in parts of the country.
“If Ghanaians who deserve to be protected by the State are rather being killed and maimed by the institutions, then there is the need to draw the attention of the State to press the brakes,” he argued.
NDC’s “march for justice” demo
Thousands of members and sympathisers of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) gathered at the Accra Mall to begin the protest march.
The NDC’s National Youth Organiser, George Opare Addo, stated that the march was a call on the government to fix several issues in the country.
“We are marching for justice for our fallen brothers and sisters, to tell this government to fix the country, and create enough jobs for young people. We want the culture of silence to be broken and insecurity within the country tackled,” he said.
Meanwhile, there was heavy security presence to ensure law and order during the protest march.
Source: www.spotonnews.net
