The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Wa West, Mr Peter Lanchene Toobu says the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) must be proactive to ensure its officers are protected in their line of duty.
He claimed the service is not doing much for its officers on the country’s various borders – leaving their fate to themselves while protecting the country.
His comment comes after a statement from the Ghana Immigration Service appealing to persons who can provide information leading to the arrest of the murderers of one of its officers, AICO I Michael Otu.
The Immigration Officer was shot dead at Kokoligu, a village between Nandom and Hamile in the Upper West Region.
The service statement said, “While we call for calm, together with the Defense Intelligence and Police, all efforts in the pursuit of the perpetrators cum their modus operandi behind the callous killing of this selfless Patriot is a necessity."
“We call on anyone with positive leads to volunteer same in order to allow justice to take its own course.”
It added: “We shall leave no stone unturned in pursuit of the perpetrators of this barbaric incident. They may run but they can't hide!”
But the Wa West lawmaker seems not to be happy with the service operation in his constituency.
“What are they doing to protect their officers?” he questioned.
Adding that, “their statement is just English. ‘We shall leave no stone unturned is a hard language, my brother, hard language doesn’t bring back life.”
“It doesn’t change the situation. We need to learn from it. It’s a misconduct and leadership failure and some must be held accountable for it. The immigration service should make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/peacefmonline.com/ghana
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