Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs has expressed disgust over incidents of violence in the country.
Speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' regarding the lynching of Capt. Maxwell Adam Mahama, Allotey Jacobs blurted out that "there's too much indiscipline" in Ghana and so called for law and order to be restored in the country.
According to him, people are taking laws into their own hands and meting out instant justice because they have lost confidence in the country's law system.
"Everybody does anything he/she wants. So, we need to address this issue of what is happening in this country…"
Addressing the issue on violence, Allotey Jacobs alluded to the erstwhile Rawlings' regime, saying in 1975 "there was no respect for the Military and the Police" till "it took Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings – June 4th – to restore the image of the Armed Forces” and so believed the incidents of violence can be averted if the ruling party doesn't condone the violent acts by their fanatics.
“We don’t live in isolation as Ghanaians. We live as a community. So, if something is happening and causing mayhem, don’t the leaders there see? And if they see it too, can’t we engage the people . . . We’re growing a seed that will engulf all of us,” he said.
Touching on the lynching of the late Capt. Mahama, Allotey Jacobs expressed utter disappointment and displeasure in the residents of Denkyira-Boase in the Central Region where the incident occurred on Monday, May 29, 2017.
He described the community as lawless and having little or no compassion.
“For a long time, I know that place to be full of lawlessness. I tell you. It’s my route so I know them proper,” he stressed.
To him, the lynching of the Military Captain is a clear indication of the lack of "respect for our fellow man".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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The soldier was made a sacrificial lamb for the illegalities of few Ghaanaians plus their Chinese friends who have sworn heaven and earth to enrich themselves against the laws of nature. The soldier has died a painful death and I am afraid if the government of the day could, in deed, reduce white colour corruption. Time will tell.
They did the unthinkable & must face the law accordingly . From assemblyman to the ordinary citizen.
Name: at GH stop spilling garbage If u want to advice you better advice our weak public institutions who are always protecting rich people who come up against the law and working the law against poor people. As far as we all condemn this act; If the right things are not done we should expect worst than this. You see if it was to be an ordinary Ghanaian who cares? No one..But because it affected a high profile person look at the way all the media is condemning the act. Is he the first person to suffer similar fate? We have people who suffered such fate in the past and how did the whole media reacted? We are in a society where justice only favored the high profile people but the poor are left to suffer on their fate. I tell you the God we worship will make this leaders pay for their actions. Public institutions need to wake up. Am even waiting for the day all this Judges who denied Justice to poor people to suffer similar fates other than innocent people.
Jacob Allotey you know the place to be lawless place and you sat down aloof when you were in government? No further comments
GHANAIANS MUST INTRODUCE THE FIRING SQUARE SYSTEM THE ELECTRIC CHAIR IN GHANA IMMEDIATELY, THE LAWLESSNESS IS THREE MUCH OR THIS COUNTRY WILL BE COME A HELL AND EVERY ONE WILL BURN IN GHANA,THE INDISCIPLINE IS TWO MUSCH , ***barred word*** AND HATRED IS ALL OVER GHANA, THESE ***barred word*** PEOPLE WHO KILLED THE INNOCENT SOLDIER MUST BE PUNISHED AND GIVEN LIFE PRISON SENTENCE, ,ALL INVOLVED MUST BE PUNISHED. THE DENKYERA TOWN SHOULD BE MADE A MUSEUM AND MILITARY MUST TAKE OVER THE TOWN,FOOOLISH ,PRIMITIVEEE IDDDDIOT ILLITERATE MAGGOT , FROM GH PEOPLE