So what if the ‘abductors’ of Richard Nana Basoah the radio presenter had not been state agents but kidnappers?
The same question can be extended to the many others arrested by hooded state security agents sometimes in the wee hours of the night. What if those arrested had not been found? The stories would have joined the many cold cases in the shelves of the CID?
This is where we have reached as a country as the instances of government abuse of state power rises with impunity.
Yesterday the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) hit the streets in their numbers to demonstrate against the deteriorating state of democracy. Free speech has never been so threatened and those who think that they can speak as they used to risk being arrested and detained.
Worryingly those who in years gone by spoke against such anomalies are mute their tongues lost under the circumstances.
One democratic tenet still operative is the right to demonstrate and this was what happened yesterday.
The day that this too would be denied Ghanaians would be the end of democracy. That day would never come anyway because Ghanaians have stood up, yesterday’s protest sending the message clearly to President John Mahama that many have lost confidence in his ability to manage this country in consonance with the tenets of the constitution.
Details are beginning to emerge about the real state of the economy against the backdrop of the disingenuous propaganda which seeks to portray the Mahama-led government as masters of fiscal management.
So soon Ghanaians are beginning to comprehend geopolitics and how especially conflicts in oil producing regions of the world can impact others outside the zone.
We recall a Sammy Gyamfi telling Ghanaians that conflict between Ukraine and Russia and COVID-19 cannot affect the pricing of fuel in Ghana.
It is hypocrisy when today a raging conflict between the US and Iran against the backdrop of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is said to be responsible for the increased cost of fuel in the country.
There are countless questions which can further impugn the integrity of this government at this time.
Many Ghanaians have lost count of persons so far arrested by the Mahama government, the number increasing by the week.
Those who think they could not be bothered must review their stance because it could be they who would be arrested tomorrow for even posting social media contents unpalatable to the President or his government.
A President who is intolerant cannot function in a democratic dispensation. Our President is exhibiting dictatorial traits and the earlier he comes off it the better it would be for him. Ghanaians have enjoyed democracy so much that to be asked to cede some of the freedoms to the state is something that cannot happen.
The President must learn to live with democracy until he exits Jubilee House. The traits he is exhibiting through the crazy arrests cannot cow Ghanaians into submission. It would rather make them stronger strength they are showing their consistent social media posts regardless of the continuing incarcerations.
