Interior Minister Ambrose Dery
The Interior Minister Ambrose Dery is hungry for justice and nobody dare fault him.
After all President Nana Akufo-Addo loves the rule of law and campaigned on it when he crisscrossed the country seeking the nods of his compatriots.
We are worried, however, that in speaking about recent seeming breaches of the law and actions, he has overlooked deliberately or otherwise, more bloody and sometimes fatal acts of political violence.
In spite of their gravity, they have been confined to the dusty trays of the CID headquarters under the guise of awaiting AG’s advice.
We would demand that while the Interior Minister is gnashing his teeth over criminalities committed since his assumption of office, he should be careful, lest he ends up being unwittingly selective.
Many suffered at the hands of political activists but their cases were deliberately ignored, because the politicians at the helm were in cohort with managers of the law enforcement system at the Police headquarters.
These persons know themselves and should bow their heads in shame for their despicable conduct in their shameful bid to please their political godfathers and attract favours such as expedited promotions and extension of service at the end of their tenures.
We demand of the Interior Minister to ask for the dockets on the Agbogbloshie murders, which took place in front of the local police station in broad daylight.
Two young men were killed in cold blood by persons who are known and reside in the Agbogbloshie slum.
Indeed COP Rose Bio Atenga was the Greater Accra Regional Commander of the Police. She can provide the critical details and answer questions relating to the subject.
We would not allow double standards in the management of law enforcement.
The Interior Minister should take note of this resolution and be guided on how he intends running the important portfolio bestowed upon him.
Crime, we have been told, has no expiry date and so those who deliberately drove their V8s over human beings in Atiwa must be brought to book.
We entreat the Interior Minister to call for the dockets which to the best of our knowledge have not been touched more so since the witnesses are alive and would be willing to assist in investigations to be conducted by apolitical cops.
In Chereponi and Talensi, glaring breaches of the law took place and these can be easily visited with a view to arraigning the suspects before the law courts.
Is that not what decency in governance and the rule of law is about? This is not witch-hunting.
The application of the law should be done sincerely and not in a manner intended to win the favour of a section of the population or even attract populist leverage.
We are eagerly waiting to see how the cop behind the destruction of the eye of a person peacefully protesting with police permission is going to be made to answer for his political action.
Hon Ambrose Dery has entered a minefield and can only manouvre his way out like a sapper by turning his attention to the bad deeds of a few years ago. That is the way. Anything short of this would be resisted vehemently and cost him his political dignity.