MPs ask for detailed explanation on attack on Rawlings bodyguard

Two NDC Members of Parliament on Friday said the attack on a former bodyguard of ex-President Jerry John Rawlings could not be simply explained away as a mere armed robbery case.

Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, Lawra/Nandom and Mrs Hanna Tetteh Kpodar, Awutu-Senya told the GNA in Accra that the incident was more than meets the eye.

Dr Kunbuor said the fact that ex-Warrant Officer Patrick Kuntor claimed he shot two or more of the attackers who were wearing turbans must give clue to the police to investigate the case thoroughly before coming to the conclusion that it was an ordinary armed robbery attempt.

He said wearing turbans meant the intruders were expecting a counter- attack and therefore needed to identify their gang members.

Dr Kunbuor said the police have not taken statement from anybody and that there were many leads which have not been followed. ''It will be necessary for the police to establish where those wounded were being treated and who sent them there''.

He said the NDC had on a number of occasions drawn the attention of the government to the harassment of former security officers close to the former President and had insisted that changing his security guards was rendering him "naked to attack".

Mrs Kpodar said the explanations by the police sound highly improbable, adding that every citizen needs the protection of the police and the security agencies.

"If investigators could be forthcoming with explanation as to why they considered the attack an ordinary armed robbery case it would help clear the doubts in the minds of the people", she said.