Former Member of Parliament for Madina, Alhaji Amadu Sorogho, has expressed considerations relating to the strategies employed by safety personnel in the course of the tried arrest of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP), often known as Chairman Wontumi.
In an interview with Channel One TV, Mr. Sorogho emphasised that the Nationwide Intelligence Bureau (NIB) might have approached the scenario extra appropriately, suggesting that authorized channels, akin to acquiring a courtroom order, would have been preferable somewhat than deploying a major variety of closely armed officers to Mr. Boasiako’s residence.
“Wontumi was invited, and he refused to honour the invitation. I’m not in favour of so many armed males going after one particular person. To me, it isn’t as a result of the state is extra highly effective than the person. There are such a lot of avenues you need to use to name the particular person, and if the particular person doesn’t come, you’ll be able to even go to courtroom,” he acknowledged.
Whereas acknowledging that the safety companies could have acted inside their authorized framework by acquiring a warrant, Sorogho expressed considerations concerning the execution of the operation, significantly relating to the need and proportionality of the pressure used.
“However I’m blissful that they went with the warrant. Possibly the mode is what I’m speaking about, however not the precise deed itself,” he added.
Chairman Wontumi is scheduled to seem earlier than the Felony Investigations Division (CID) of the Ghana Police Service at present, Monday, Might 26, 2025. This follows an unsuccessful try by a joint crew of Nationwide Safety operatives and police officers to apprehend him at his residence on Friday, Might 23.
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