Life imprisonment will curb lynching - Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko

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PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 6 years ago

PROF. ADEI FIRES SALVOS!!!!! COURTESY: CLASSFMONLINE.COM ----- The various corruption allegations surfacing are proof that the Mahama administration was far more corrupt than previously thought, former Rector of the Ghana Ins ...
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PROF. ADEI FIRES SALVOS!!!!! COURTESY: CLASSFMONLINE.COM ----- The various corruption allegations surfacing are proof that the Mahama administration was far more corrupt than previously thought, former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Stephen Adei has said at a Business Roundtable organised by Yamson and Associates in Accra on Wednesday, 31 May. “Do you know why many people want to be politicians? It’s because that is the quickest way to get rich in this country,” Prof Adei said, adding: “We are yet to know the facts because we are not the investigators but the types of things that are being revealed about the amount of corruption [are mind-boggling].” National Communication Authority graft So far three appointees of former President John Mahama are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for allegedly diverting some $4million belonging to the National Communications Authority (NCA). The three appointees, according to Information Minister Mustapha Hamid, conspired with a private citizen to commit the act. The former Mahama appointees being investigated, as named by Mr Hamid in an interview with Joy FM’s Kojo Yankson on Wednesday, 24 May, include Mr Eugene Baffoe-Bonney, former Board Chairman of the NCA; Mr William Tevie, former Chief Executive Officer of the NCA; and Alhaji Osman, former Deputy National Security Coordinator. Their conspirator, according to Mr Hamid is one George Oppong. Mr Hamid said they engaged in the graft in connection with a contract between the Mahama administration and an Israeli company, NSO Group Technology Limited, in which the latter was to supply eavesdropping gadgets worth $6 million. The equipment were meant to help the government of Ghana monitor the calls of suspected terrorists. In the course of the transaction, Mr Hamid said a local agent – Infraloks Development Limited – charged $2million as facilitation fee, bringing the total amount to $8million. According to Mr Hamid, National Security, which did not have the funds for the equipment, allowed the NCA, which supervises the use of such equipment, to fund the project. The NCA top officials, he revealed, withdrew $4 million from the NCA’s kitty but gave only $1million to the Israeli firm. The surplus, according to Mr Hamid, was deposited into the personal accounts of Mr George Oppong, who fronted as an agent of Infraloks Development Ltd. He said Alhaji Osman orchestrated the entire deal. According to Mr Hamid, demands by the Israeli firm to be paid the $5 million balance after the Mahama administration lost power in the December 2016 elections prompted the new Akufo-Addo government to probe the transaction after which the graft was detected. Mr Hamid said: “They took $4 million from NCA accounts and paid $1 million to the Israeli company and then deposited $3 million in the accounts of the local agent, one Mr George Oppong, and proceeded to share the $3million among themselves.”
Adam Zangbeo 6 years ago

Naaa no life sentence. They killed so they should hang till life slips from their bodies. N

Naaa no life sentence. They killed so they should hang till life slips from their bodies. N
insight to the bone 6 years ago

Anybody knows you hear the name Mahama and you know some sophisticated fishy business or crime is being committed using various institutions as their camouflage cover . You listen to the various videos and you may even hear t ...
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Anybody knows you hear the name Mahama and you know some sophisticated fishy business or crime is being committed using various institutions as their camouflage cover . You listen to the various videos and you may even hear the gunshots of the captain shooting at the people but no where was he shouting as required to identify himself. Because the people are Fantis or Akans its easier to blame them instead of finding out the truth. The story doesnt add up , anyone who has taken the time to travel around most pats of the Central region will observe even in the middle of the night even white girls , tourists Europeans and other foreigners walking alone or roaming around unaccompanied and nothing ever happens to them . But then again every once in a while we hear of some white-man being killed because of some gold deal. Lynching is wrong but this has elements of self defense and over reactions to it, remember he fired his gun at the people before with courage they disarmed him . It would have been better if they had handed him over to the police but we all know he would have paid a bribe and those who had apprehended him would have been languishing in jail . There can be no peace without the assurance of justice. On this forum we notice all the lying hypocrites who have come out to condemn the town but fail to notice the crimes committed like corruption , nepotism , incompetence etc. A sin is a sin and a crime a crime , why turn a blind eye to corruption and yet talk shit about one lynch. Police stations are being burned to the ground and now most security agency personnel are scared and shitting in their pants because soon the people will arise. Npp , Ndc and most of the media are in a hype propaganda mode to blame the innocent people of the town rather than properly look at the suspicious activities of the captain . First he was jogging alone with a gun in plain sight . Rather than identify himself chose to engage in shooting at the residents , a sign of substandard training or criminal intent . He was on duty and an officer but had no other lower ranking soldiers accompanying him , was he deployed there to be on holiday so could go jogging around ? Never trust these security forces especially the army as they are involved in all kinds of criminal activity and always have sophisticated propaganda lies to make it appear they did nothing wrong. A wise man once said its stupidity to know the truth but chose to believe the lie.
GIDIGBA 6 years ago

Selective justice. You set the Delta Forces free but you want to kill these villagers? Why so? Nothing but double standards.

Selective justice. You set the Delta Forces free but you want to kill these villagers? Why so? Nothing but double standards.
OLD SOLDIER 6 years ago

When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, h ...
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When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, he had the gut to recommend his fellow journalists to be executed by PNDC. Pratt even recommended Baako to be killed by the regime, thank God Baako was instead touchered violently and severely but his life was spared. This is what Kwesi Pratt can do. Now Pratt is a secret agent to NDC and US Embassy in Ghana. May God forgive Pratt and spare him the untold evils that will come upon him and his generations. The souls of those journalist killed through Pratt's recommendations to PNDC will never forgive Pratt. Now Pratt has the guts to take Diplomatic Passport and smuggled his weak-headed children to work at the Ministries under Mills NDC, may God forgive Pratt and his dependance and spare them of the evils ahead of them...
SKIPER 6 years ago

YES WITHOUT POSSIBILITY POROLED

YES WITHOUT POSSIBILITY POROLED
SKIPER 6 years ago

ALSO CONGRESS SHOULD PASS A LAW TO PROHIBIT LYNCHING ON ANY KIND

ALSO CONGRESS SHOULD PASS A LAW TO PROHIBIT LYNCHING ON ANY KIND
Kwer 6 years ago

When did Ghana abolish the "death penalty"?

!993 was last time of known "death penalty execution".

As of August 2015, 129 people were under sentence of death in Ghana, all for murder.

By September 2016, that numb ...
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When did Ghana abolish the "death penalty"?

!993 was last time of known "death penalty execution".

As of August 2015, 129 people were under sentence of death in Ghana, all for murder.

By September 2016, that number had risen to 137 according to Amnesty International Ghana.
EZEKIEL 6 years ago

As far as I'm concerned, Ghana IS A FAILED STATE !There is too much IN-DISCIPLINE in the country..at every level.
Here, I don't agree with Life imprisonment where the STATE feeds them till they die! NO! Such criminals should ...
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As far as I'm concerned, Ghana IS A FAILED STATE !There is too much IN-DISCIPLINE in the country..at every level.
Here, I don't agree with Life imprisonment where the STATE feeds them till they die! NO! Such criminals should be SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE at Teshie shooting Range!!
Presila 6 years ago

EZEKIEL, you are one smart and realistic citizen!

Kudos!

EZEKIEL, you are one smart and realistic citizen!

Kudos!
NON-ALIGNED 6 years ago

NDC and NPP have both played a major part in this LAWLESS society we live in today. The blame game never stops!

GHANAIANS WAKE UP!!!! THEY ARE EVEN POLITICIZING IT NOW! Even, certain media houses are doing same. Asiedu Nke ...
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NDC and NPP have both played a major part in this LAWLESS society we live in today. The blame game never stops!

GHANAIANS WAKE UP!!!! THEY ARE EVEN POLITICIZING IT NOW! Even, certain media houses are doing same. Asiedu Nketia, Nitiwul, Sefa Kayi and other politicians from both divide are all POLITICIZING it! Even at a time when it has come to this......watch this space, the gutter politics of these two USELESS parties will continue and further lawlessness will go on. They are busy pointing fingers at their own doing and ignoring the real problem....which is the NDC and NPP GUTTER POLITICS!!!!

Both parties have over the years cultivated the culture of impunity, disrespect, social disorder and LAWLESSNESS!!!!!

The level of lawlessness and disorder is unbelievable. When you politicize law and order in any society, what then prevails is, mob justice.

The politicizing of Mahama's death is nothing new between the two USELESS parties. They are always at it and are still doing so, as we speak.

The truth of the matter is when you allow hoodlums who insult and physically attack our judiciary without any punishment, mob justice prevails.

Same as when you allow corruption and thieves with 'pens' rob our nation of its taxpayers money and justice is not seen to be done, mob justice prevails.....

All we continue to hear is that we have a president who believes in law and order and yet, under his watch our society is getting from bad to worse. When will he effect law and order to secure our nation??? The talking is over, do something now!!!

NDC and NPP have nothing to offer GHANAIANS so, GHANAIANS should stop voting for them, PERIOD!!!

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER
creae,loot and share 6 years ago

As long as police officers and judges take bribes to free criminals there will be instant justice.How many chiefs have been arrested for giving our lands to Chinese to destroy it.How many politicians have been jailed for loot ...
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As long as police officers and judges take bribes to free criminals there will be instant justice.How many chiefs have been arrested for giving our lands to Chinese to destroy it.How many politicians have been jailed for looting our wealth
Truth 6 years ago

Very very true

Very very true
Anomy 6 years ago

Ghanaians talk too much show me one armed robber you have arrested who has been released,you send innocent people to police stations and expect them to be sentenced

Ghanaians talk too much show me one armed robber you have arrested who has been released,you send innocent people to police stations and expect them to be sentenced
NON-ALIGNED 6 years ago

Spot on!!!!

NOTE: The wheels of justice with God is very slow but, it will surely come to pass. They will NEVER get away with their lies!!! For now most of them will.

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!

Spot on!!!!

NOTE: The wheels of justice with God is very slow but, it will surely come to pass. They will NEVER get away with their lies!!! For now most of them will.

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!
Brain rejuvinator 6 years ago

life imprisonment of death? Please this is not Delta force case.

life imprisonment of death? Please this is not Delta force case.
Afia.Sika Gomoa.Nkran 6 years ago

The Ordinary Ghanaian Worker Cannot Starve And Pay Taxes For It To Be Used In Feeding Wicked Murderers Who Think They Can Take The Law Into Their Own Hands.The Youth Of Denkyira Obuasi Should Stop Telling Those Lies That They ...
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The Ordinary Ghanaian Worker Cannot Starve And Pay Taxes For It To Be Used In Feeding Wicked Murderers Who Think They Can Take The Law Into Their Own Hands.The Youth Of Denkyira Obuasi Should Stop Telling Those Lies That They Mistakenly Took The CaptainTo Be An Armed Robber.Does Everyone Who Has A Pistol On Him An Armed Robber?What Kind Of Stupid Conclusion Have They Conceived? And Who Taught Them That?Do They Think The Could Give That Stupid Explanation To A Naive Society? They Are A Shame To Their Town,The Denkyira Kingdom And The Nation As A Whole.They Should Also Be Killed And Lynched.We Can't Keep Murderers In Our Jails And See Them Eating To Survive While They Have Taken Other People's Lives The Are Liabilities And Dangerous To Our Communities Who Should Never Be Allowed To Walk On Our Streets.Life Imprisonment Is Not Enough A Solution To These Mob Activities. For These Suspects In TheCaptaim'sDeath, They Should Never Be Allowed To Live If Found Culpable. They Knew What They Were Doing And They Did It. They Should Leave The Word 'MISTAKENLY ' Entirely From Their Explanations. We Know Our History. They Are Wicked And Murderers.
Abdulai Mahamadu 6 years ago

No one should predetermine the kind of sentencing Maxwell's killer should go throuh.

No one should predetermine the kind of sentencing Maxwell's killer should go throuh.
Agya koo 6 years ago

You stay in Accra and do big talks,and you think of nothing ,the system in Ghana is very wrong ,and you guys are doing nothing but only big talks,go to these towns and see how they suffer daily to put bread on the table,and y ...
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You stay in Accra and do big talks,and you think of nothing ,the system in Ghana is very wrong ,and you guys are doing nothing but only big talks,go to these towns and see how they suffer daily to put bread on the table,and yet they are the big contributors towards the economy.
national 6 years ago

Stupid ,imbecile,barbaric ghanaian logic . I am poor , i am suffering ,so i have the right to take a large stone,hit you on the head and kill you....if i think you have committed a crime (like stealing a smart phone ). What ...
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Stupid ,imbecile,barbaric ghanaian logic . I am poor , i am suffering ,so i have the right to take a large stone,hit you on the head and kill you....if i think you have committed a crime (like stealing a smart phone ). What kind a human are you ?
truth 6 years ago

GHANA! Preaching across the nation should be salvation & greedy. Prosperity teachings causing the Ghanaian society into greedy, selfness human beings. From Christians to non Christians.

GHANA! Preaching across the nation should be salvation & greedy. Prosperity teachings causing the Ghanaian society into greedy, selfness human beings. From Christians to non Christians.
Bomfaboy 6 years ago

Don't blame smart phones and social medial for heinous crimes like mob killing. Without the Smart phones and Social media, would you have heard of the incident, when it occurred or occurring? Would you have been able to ident ...
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Don't blame smart phones and social medial for heinous crimes like mob killing. Without the Smart phones and Social media, would you have heard of the incident, when it occurred or occurring? Would you have been able to identify those involved, if nobody had filmed the incident? Smart phones and social media has become a necessity and not something that will go away anytime soon. It should be part of the painstaking efforts in rooting out this DEMONIC CANCER EATING THE GHANAIAN SOCIETY.
This behavior has gone on for far too long and the law enforcement agencies especially the Police must take blame for it.
monkeytail 6 years ago

people people thinks the people that did should pay with their life. If a poor person get killed people like you will care less.. This is why they keep doing it.. All the fans they gets from killing people

people people thinks the people that did should pay with their life. If a poor person get killed people like you will care less.. This is why they keep doing it.. All the fans they gets from killing people
Dd 6 years ago

I support it.Thank you

I support it.Thank you
kenichi 6 years ago

. . .which kind life imprisonment matter? Who go feed them? The taxpayer abi ? They shd all be hanged , period

. . .which kind life imprisonment matter? Who go feed them? The taxpayer abi ? They shd all be hanged , period
The Don 6 years ago

Hangng will curb lynching and not life imprisonment.

Hangng will curb lynching and not life imprisonment.
GABONDEE 6 years ago

No, I think they should be sentence to death rather to serve as a deterrent to others, with life imprisonment they'll be wasting the tax payers money for nothing...NONSENSE

No, I think they should be sentence to death rather to serve as a deterrent to others, with life imprisonment they'll be wasting the tax payers money for nothing...NONSENSE
20/20 6 years ago

Idiot, you set Delta Force hooligans free and you have the nerve to make such a statement.

Idiot, you set Delta Force hooligans free and you have the nerve to make such a statement.
Sekley 6 years ago

Gabby,as for this one particular event and related ones we have to detour to about two decades ago and apply the rules of retribution ,in order to bring sanity into the country.Killing policemen ,a Prison Officer,a legislator ...
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Gabby,as for this one particular event and related ones we have to detour to about two decades ago and apply the rules of retribution ,in order to bring sanity into the country.Killing policemen ,a Prison Officer,a legislator ,for no apparent reason and we stand by aloof?Let the culprits face retribution.Nothing less.
Alhaji Yussif 6 years ago

The rush to sack the DCE is wrong,the man took office few weeks ago and may not know that changes ve been made,besides the military did not make any announcement to the public that they ve replaced soldiers at various galamse ...
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The rush to sack the DCE is wrong,the man took office few weeks ago and may not know that changes ve been made,besides the military did not make any announcement to the public that they ve replaced soldiers at various galamsey areas,few weeks ago Mr Peter Amewu has a confrontation with some soldiers and made allegations that some military men were protecting illegal mines to defy his orders for all mining companies to stop work.So the DCE without any briefings of any changes and seeing soldiers at his districts could assume that the old order still stands,though I do not support his comments,at best he should've been reprimanded and made to apologize in person to the family of the late captain Adam mahama.Mind you The DCE was not appointed in the vacuum,he might ve worked very hard in the campaign to deserve his appointment,do you know how this action ll affect the Npp?he also has family and following and the rush to sack him is very wrong.Mr Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako voice carries a lot of wait and a call from him for his sack can never go unforfilled,he's my biggest fun for years but for this one I think he acted on his emotions,he should always wait till we all express our small minds before he comes with his big mind to help the president do the right thing.I read that former president Mahama has pledged to take care of the late soldier,s children,something I find very hypocritical because his government contributed largely to the galamsey problem Ghana is facing today,he say all the reports regarding the destruction of our forest and river bodies whiles in office,yet he did nothing,minister and government official in his administration took part in galamsey,we all heard Joseph Yamin,Kwaku Baako also told as how big men in this country was exchanging sex with Chinese lady's for galamsey to flourish.Look the NDC has set a big trap for the npp and unfortunately we re failing to realize that.John mahama traveled on the helicopter to this areas to campaign and had a better Airtel views of the destruction galamsey was causing but chose to attack the then candidate now president of sleeping when he raised concerns about the nature of our bad roads.So how can we allow those who spearheaded galamsey and put Ghana through all this problems pretend to love Ghana just because Ghanaians ve rejected them?the npp can not weaken our party just because the NDC says so,I wept when I say the video of the murdered soldier,it's so painful,I stand by his family and my deepest condolences to them including his wife.The president must be very careful in taking decisions to fire party loyalists is a situation like this,we all remember the tweaa DCE and Kojo Twum Boafo when he attacked and insulted the moderator of the Presbyterian church,we also remember when Oko Vanderpoye when he renamed the national hokey pitch to Prof.Mills the former president took him to go and apologize and that settled it,when it happened people called for their heads but the NDC and former president mahama who's seeking equity today with all his hands in blood and the npp is falling for this bate,we must get serious for once.Polititians in this country we re told re the best of friends across the political devide,yet they mislead their supporters on air and Tv and that has always contributed to the animosity and hatred at the grassroots levels.I think the media commission and the police IGP must make sure our airwaves is free from insults and unsubstantiated allegations,if a person make a statement or lie on radio and tv they should be invited to provide information or be punish so they can be responsible,if we don't stop this nonsense ghana ll never move forward.Four years is not much,we re already 6 months into the year and our president must be selfish to develop this country,he shouldn't wast time visiting French peaking countries and promising to make French compulsory in Ghana,their colonial masters ll never let go of them,Kwame Nkrumah made this same mistakes with his big dreams for Africa and this is where we find ourselves,Tanzania has showed us the way including Rwanda so why can't our president approach nations that can help him develop Ghana?besides he told us Ghana is not poor during his campaign so he should stay home and do reforms to stop corruption and galamsey,we re hungry and the honey moon Npp is enjoying is fast depleting......

Life imprisonment will curb lynching - Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko

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