Sam Nartey George, the Ningo Prampram representative for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticized the Ghana Armed Forces for avoiding the conflict in Bawku.
He claimed that GAF members are purposefully staying away from the conflict zone.
He claimed on the Big Issue on Accra-based TV3 that the Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior, which made the decision to travel to Bawku to ascertain for themselves what the actual situation on the ground was, was unable to receive protection from the Military.
“Our army is afraid of going into Bawku to protect the parliamentary committee on defense and interior yet the military could go to Ashaiman to brutalize citizens. If you are strong the boys in Bawku are misbehaving, go there and deal with those behind it,” Sam George said.
According to him, there is cause for concern given the types of weapons the locals are carrying.
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“If you talk to people on the ground of Bawku, the caliber of weaponry on the grounds in Bawku, it is a war. How are they getting the weapons? How are they getting the ammunition? Who is resourcing that conflict in Bawku? These are the fundamental questions we must ask ourselves.
“How big is Bawku? What is the population of Bawku? Can’t our intelligence wing, be it National Security or NIB and all the amorphous institutions we have who terrorize citizens for no reason, they are telling us that they can’t identify, using intelligence, who the kingpins are behind this thing to pick them up?
“So now our military cannot step into Bawku and we say we have an army and our Commander in Chief doesn’t see that there is a problem here,” he said.
He claimed that the committee decided to cancel their trip halfway to Bawku after learning that it wouldn’t be safe for them to arrive there.
