The Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta Region, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described as "too lenient" the punishment meted out to the thirteen members of the Delta Force who escaped from lawful custody and later surrendered to the police.
“If you look at what Delta Force and what their accomplices did, it has never happened. I believe like most Ghanaians do, the verdict is lenient. Clearly this is just a slap on the wrist. They can easily come up with the money (fine) and not feel it. It is peanuts to them,” he said in a radio interview on Asempa FM.
The Kumasi Circuit Court 4 on Tuesday morning convicted the 13 members of the Delta Force vigilante group, which is aligned to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for escaping from lawful custody last Thursday.
A total sum of Gh¢31,200, (Gh¢2,400 each) was imposed on them after they pleaded guilty to the offence of escaping from lawful custody.
In addition they were bonded to be of good behavior.
But commenting in a radio interview on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen programme with Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA) Tuesday afternoon, Mr Ablakwa said the fine was an indication the 13 have been "treated with kid gloves."
“…when they were in lawful custody and police were in control of the security of the court precincts and they were able to break through and intimidated the police, lady judge and escaped, we were expecting that the punishment would have been severe."
“But the way things have gone, we know that their lawyer argued but our image as a country has been affected because of this lawless act, they have brought to Ghana, gross embarrassment internationally.”
When the host of the programme, asked Mr Ablakwa what he made of this punishment as compared to what was handed to the Montie 3 and how he [Ablakwa] appended his signature to the petition for then President Mahama to free the Montie 3, Mr Ablakwa’s response was that the Montie trio’s case was different.
To him, with regards to that case, they were only complaining about the length of the three months sentence.
Source: Daily Graphic
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NO COMMENT.... y? Because Ablakwa's teeth is blowing me apart. D'amn you( ABLAKWA) go and punish them.
SAAAYOOOOOO!!! ABLAKWA, ITS NOT WORTH THE BOTHER TO RESPOND TO YOUR DIATRIBE!!! WE WERE IN COUNTRY WHEN MISCREANTS WERE PARDONED BY JOHN MAHAMA AFTER SO-CALLED HONOURABLE MEN AND WOMEN, FORMER VICE-CHANCELLORS AND 2nd RATE MINISTERS WITHOUT SHAME HAD FALLEN OVER THEMSELVES IN QUEUES TO SIGN PETITIONS!!! TO RELEASE BADLY-BROUGHT-UP ***barred word*** COYOTES WHO USED UNPRIONTABLE WORDS ON THE CHIEF JUSTICE!!! IRRESPONSIBILITY AND CRIME HAVE NO PARTY COLOURS!!! WHAT GOES ROUND COMES AROUND AGAIN!!! YOUR PARTY AND ITS FOUNDER ARE THE TRAILBLAZERS OF CIVIL INDISCIPLINE IN THIS COUNTRY!! TODAY HE WANTS TO BE AN ELDER STATESMAN AND PRETEND THAT HE IS INNOCENT!!! GHANA IS WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE OF JERRY RAWLINGS!!! WE NO GO SIT DOWN MAKE DEM CHEAT US!!!! WE ARE NOW WITNESSING THE RESULT OF RAWLINGS'S DARK INFLUENCE ON OUR YOUTH AND SOCIETY AT LARGE. YOU NDC MOTHER-FORKERS MUST GIVE US A BREAK!!!!
Stop disturbing our ears and lets think about how to move the country forward.You supported Ayariga lying in Parliament and all he got was to render an apology. Its about time you ***barred word*** because we all saw what happened when NDC was in power with hooliganism at its highest peak
***barred word*** boy.what do you meant by that. what did your govt do Collins Dauda brother, the people who butchered the npp guys at agbogbloshie and the Montie three. shame unto you and your general secretary.
Mahama Ayariga apology to parliament far too lenient... He should have been expelled from the house. What about the Montie 3..... also linient. Inconsistent NDC telling a court of competent jurisdiction that it has handed a lenient punishment. Ablakwa should go and sentence them.
Lenient just as Ayariga was pardoned in parliament when you aided him to lie.This was to avoid the unnecessary tension. Wise decision by the judge.
You say, its too lenient?, When you were in government, what did your government do with Agogoloshie murder, Chiroponi case, Akwatia bye election incident. You guys think we are ***barred word***.