We have had cause to complain about the importance of decency in governance complaints occasioned by the pockets of unruly conduct of sections of our security apparatus.
In a social media driven world any crude move by the state agencies quickly provide content for managers of these channels. And whatever better story than balaclava-wearing police officers scaling the wall of a top opposition person’s residence to as they claimed search for somebody.
Those on legitimate state authorized operations should not hide under masks to perform their duties.
Moses Abor, a former Greater Accra Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Sunday afternoon was the latest victim of the state Rambo style operation at his Abokobi residence in Accra.
Characteristically of their modus operandi a squad of armed officers stormed his residence where they put to practice their wall- scaling techniques.
When some of them landed on Moses’ compound they said they were looking for the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP. They believed Moses had hidden the regional chairman in his residence.
Nearby residences were not spared the commotion as some of them had a taste of the unexpected visitors as they searched for Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC.
An earlier request for the regional chairman to appear before investigators to assist in an investigation notwithstanding we think that the authorities should have waited for the chairman to oblige the invitation as his lawyer had requested.
Resorting to this Rambo-style approach only creates an impression of a desperate government seeking to instil fear and panic among the governed.
The NDC came to power through an election and this fact should be a guiding principle in whatever they do.
In the early days of their rule which was characterized by avoidable storming of residences of former government appointees, we thought the excitement would soon fade…it has not.
People are beginning to complain and the government must heed the calls for a reversal of the crude approach of arresting suspects.
There are always alternatives to managing such situations and these are not lost to the government. Unfortunately they prefer such crude and negative press attracting approaches.
Juntas and governments have come and gone which applied such crude tactics to no productive avail. Nobody would remain in power for ever. Kwame Nkrumah’s government in spite of its features…PDA et al did lasted only nine years. Power is very transient.
Such occurrences are reminiscent of the AFRC/PNDC days…most Ghanaians who witnessed those days and dreading the fallouts would pray ceaselessly that these are not reenacted advertently or otherwise. A word to a wise is enough.
