Western Togoland Attack: Opong Nkrumah has no capacity to address the nation – David Agbe

It is wrong for the government to allow information Minister Mr. Kojo Opong Nkrumah to address the nation in relation to matters concerning the current security situation in the country following two separate attacks by elements of the separatist group, Executive Director of Ghana Institute of Governance and Security (GIGS), Mr.  David Agbee has said.

This comes a day after the Minister of Information held a press conference in the nation’s capital Accra to address the security situation in the Volta Region after the latest attack saw the burning down of an STC bus in Ho

Mr. Opong Nkrumah in his press conference stated that government has vowed to treat recent activities in the Volta Region as a criminal matter and not a political one.

He also assured the nation saying the government would not spare those behind the roadblocks and violent activities and also confirmed that 31 people were arrested and airlifted to Accra last Friday.

But Mr. David Agbee who found the act by government as disappointing, said “Kojo Opong Nkrumah who is the Minister of Information has no capacity to address the country as far as the subject is concerned

According to him, “it is the responsibility of the President to address the state as far as this security is concerned”

Background

It would be recalled that members of the Homeland Study Group, on the early hours of Friday, September 25, 2020 blocked main entry points linking the Volta Region to Accra and the Republic of Togo in an overnight operation, advocating the independence of the people of Western Togoland.

The unauthorized barriers and blockades erected by the Group at Sogakope, Tefle, Tsopoli, and Juapong were later cleared by a combined team of police and military.

The members of the group numbering about 50 amidst chanting of war songs were also reported to have attacked the Aveyime and Mepe Police Stations in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region.

The group also issued a warning to the Ghana Police Service and the military to stay indoors till further notice or surrender peacefully to the Western Togoland Security forces.

Meanwhile, the group earlier in 2017 declared the Western Togoland and independent nation and went ahead released their flag.

So far, 31 members of the secessionists who were arrested on Friday have been charged with  conspiracy to commit crime namely to attend a meeting of the prohibited organization, to participate in campaign of prohibited organization and rioting with weapons.

Meanwhile, all the 31 members of the “rebel” group have been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court after they appeared in court Monday September 28.

Source: MyNewsGH.com/ Syxus Eshun / 202

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