Akilu you are pathetic and a hypocrite. you write as if the demonstrators are kindergarten kids.
We heard them loud and clear promising hell and hurling verbal abuse at any one who dared caution them.
They believed the ... read full comment
Akilu you are pathetic and a hypocrite. you write as if the demonstrators are kindergarten kids.
We heard them loud and clear promising hell and hurling verbal abuse at any one who dared caution them.
They believed the police are not humans or Ghanaians and will standby and watch.
Since the demonstrators tempted the police. The police showed them small and Akilu is complaining.
Do not waste our time. They have been beaten for free.
Mahmoud 10 years ago
In any civilized democratic country, the Minister of Interior and the Police Chief would have left office by now because they failed miserably in the discharge of their duties to mother Ghana and its people.
Immediately a ... read full comment
In any civilized democratic country, the Minister of Interior and the Police Chief would have left office by now because they failed miserably in the discharge of their duties to mother Ghana and its people.
Immediately after the violence at Talansi, NDC officials started to propagate deceitfully that it was a mob fight between NDC and NPP supporters, and the Interior Minister shamefully joined in to say that "violence begets violence". Yet, the Minister forgot that it was his duty to investigate the matter thoroughly through the security forces and tell Ghanaians who did what since arms and thumb-printed ballot papers were confiscated from some people at the crime scene.
These specific crimes or exhibits could have led us to the real criminals and masterminds behind the shootings and stuffing of ballot boxes. Instead, our unprofessional police preferred to toe the line of those in power and claimed that they were going to prosecute ghosts rather than follow the available leads. In the recent suicide bombing at a mosque in Kuwait, the security officers identified and arrested the owner of the car that took the suicide bomber to the mosque and also arrested the driver. From that point, the investigations led to the masterminds and accomplishes of the heinous crime.
The question is, why didn't our security forces investigate the leads or exhibits that could have lead us to the bigger picture rather than gloss over them as they did, and as if they confiscated the AK-47s, cutlasses and thumb-printed ballot papers from the air? Our security forces headed by the IGP Mr. Alhassan, the NDC government including Mr. Woyongo, are trying to generalize the issue in order to bury the truth between Azorka boys and Bolga Bull Boys. They are trying to blindfold Ghanaians in order to cover the government's own tracks.
Ghanaians really deserve a better government than the mediocre and the creeping dictatorship that we experience everyday under the P/NDC government.
Kojo T 10 years ago
Kudos Ghana Police.You called their bluff They dared you and you showed NPP no one is above the law Let Nana take note
Kudos Ghana Police.You called their bluff They dared you and you showed NPP no one is above the law Let Nana take note
KKO 10 years ago
Abowa fun carcass! Waste of space.
Abowa fun carcass! Waste of space.
Mensah Abrampa 10 years ago
Be careful what you wish for. Your party won't be in power forever and we'll see when that time comes if Kojo T will be singing the same tune he's singing today so gleefully but also shamelessly today. When that day arrives s ... read full comment
Be careful what you wish for. Your party won't be in power forever and we'll see when that time comes if Kojo T will be singing the same tune he's singing today so gleefully but also shamelessly today. When that day arrives some Ghanaians you like and support may also find themselves in the same situation others find themselves in today. I wonder if you'd be true to your own self but whatever you decide I hope you'll never forget that whatever is good for the goose is also good for the gander and one "good" turn deserves another.
Kojo W 10 years ago
When you challenge the law you will lose every time. If police ask you to move, you move. Anything else is downhill all the way after that. You get what you asked for every time you step-up to challenge the status quo. Demons ... read full comment
When you challenge the law you will lose every time. If police ask you to move, you move. Anything else is downhill all the way after that. You get what you asked for every time you step-up to challenge the status quo. Demonstration are good for democracy, but unruly demo will always have its consequences. You all in NPP should know that.
WiNoGoGrii 10 years ago
ALL THEY KNOW IS BUGA-BUGA AND DEMANDING BRIBES. WE WILL SACK ALL THE POLICE OFFICIALS WHO ARE DOING THE NDC'S DIRTY WORK. WE ARE WATCHING YOU ALL.
ALL THEY KNOW IS BUGA-BUGA AND DEMANDING BRIBES. WE WILL SACK ALL THE POLICE OFFICIALS WHO ARE DOING THE NDC'S DIRTY WORK. WE ARE WATCHING YOU ALL.
Dr. Amponsah 10 years ago
The law must be respected. Ghanaians think they can always cry partisan whenever they behave badly. This is the Ghana police and not NDC Police as you seem to claim. The same police force was there when Kufuor and NPP rule ... read full comment
The law must be respected. Ghanaians think they can always cry partisan whenever they behave badly. This is the Ghana police and not NDC Police as you seem to claim. The same police force was there when Kufuor and NPP ruled the country, and should NPP win again, the same police force will be there. Stop the nonsense of ascribing everythng to NPP and NDC politics. The Police must maintain order, but when a citizen becomes belligerent, the police must respond accordingly, and use force when necessary. Allow the police to perform its duty devoid of politcal insinuations.
STONER KOBYLYNTON 10 years ago
I am overwhelmed by your comments considering your level of education with your phd degree. Reading the article very carefully and if it is true to its letter, then your comment is totally absurd.
The demonstrators in no w ... read full comment
I am overwhelmed by your comments considering your level of education with your phd degree. Reading the article very carefully and if it is true to its letter, then your comment is totally absurd.
The demonstrators in no way provoke the police and these were individuals who carried no guns, sticks, cutlasses or any other sort of weapons to go and harm anybody. This was a peaceful demonstration devoid of any calculated agenda of mayhem. Our cowardice should not be the base for the police to tramp upon as one day, the oppressed will rise to defend himself no matter what the consequences.
We are walking near a time bomb which the President should gather courage and put love of country first before power to defuse it prior to the next election. Opinion leaders as well as ordinary Ghanaians are calling for a new voters register which the government have to abide by it. After all it is in the interest of Ghanaians to cast their vote for their President rather than Ecowas nationals infiltrating in our political process. It is only individuals who lack wisdom and have other motives will comment negatively about this issue like what that idiot Alhaji Bature said yesterday. Long live our Democracy.
JoEY L0nDoN 10 years ago
Typical bloackhead why did your demonstrates derailded from the initial agreed route?
Typical bloackhead why did your demonstrates derailded from the initial agreed route?
STONER KOBYLYNTON 10 years ago
Thanks for your insult which is the way weak minds start to put their mind across to intimidate. Take your time and read paragraphs 3 and 4 carefully and if you agree with me that the writer of the article is to its letter, ... read full comment
Thanks for your insult which is the way weak minds start to put their mind across to intimidate. Take your time and read paragraphs 3 and 4 carefully and if you agree with me that the writer of the article is to its letter, come back and insult me again.
JoEY L0nDoN 10 years ago
Definitely there are people who thinks they know everything but actually they knew nothing, if you sound like one of them and I called you buluuuu does not mean I am a weak minded.There is no there is no smoke without a fire ... read full comment
Definitely there are people who thinks they know everything but actually they knew nothing, if you sound like one of them and I called you buluuuu does not mean I am a weak minded.There is no there is no smoke without a fire.
Kofi 10 years ago
Your own Idiocy is inscribed in your name.Are you stoned?
Your own Idiocy is inscribed in your name.Are you stoned?
Kofi 10 years ago
Ghana has a police service not police force,apart from that, I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Ghana has a police service not police force,apart from that, I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago
A nation of a misinformed majority voter public is more of a threat to the system of government irrespective of type of governance. People in communist, socialist, totalitarian and theocratic nation share one thing at the roo ... read full comment
A nation of a misinformed majority voter public is more of a threat to the system of government irrespective of type of governance. People in communist, socialist, totalitarian and theocratic nation share one thing at the root of their subjugation and that is misinformation. In each of those nations, governments do have tight hold on information while misinformation becomes order of the day. In Ghana, we are delusional to think we are a practicing democracy state even without effective and independent government institutions. There are no known democratic nations on this planet where a minority makes the nation ungovernable. Yet it is ironic that the very law enforcement agency that has vested authority for ensuring peace and tranquility is the very institution the NDC and NPP is hard at work trying to ensure its neutered for the foreseeable future.
There is no government, no not in the USA, Canada, UK or anywhere that will put up with a party or collection of vagabonds and saboteurs who seek to hold government hostage for an unattainable demand or concession. If the UK and the USA continue to have problems with voter registration lists, voter machines and practices then what are these people demanding of government in our Ghana?
Sister Souljah 10 years ago
If the demonstrators refused to comply with the police order to follow pre-approved route then they had to use all necessary and reasonable means to maintain law and order. This has absolutely nothing to do with partisan poli ... read full comment
If the demonstrators refused to comply with the police order to follow pre-approved route then they had to use all necessary and reasonable means to maintain law and order. This has absolutely nothing to do with partisan politics, it was issues of lawlessness on the part of the demonstrators and the police determination to uphold and order.
STONER KOBYLYNTON 10 years ago
Sister Souljah, take your time and read paragraphs 3 and 4 very carefully and if we all are in agreement that the article is to its letter, then the fault comes from the police force as they deliberately frustrated the demons ... read full comment
Sister Souljah, take your time and read paragraphs 3 and 4 very carefully and if we all are in agreement that the article is to its letter, then the fault comes from the police force as they deliberately frustrated the demonstrators by choosing different routes rather than the previously agreed routes without any explanation of their intent to the demonstrators.
Bear in mind that, these peaceful demonstrators were carrying no guns, sticks, cutlasses or other weapons to go and harm anybody. Lawlessness as you pointed in your comment does not come in here as their permission was granted by the same police who in their cunning way acted unprofessional. The spirit of our young democracy will die its natural death if such intimidation to any peaceful demonstrators are going to be the order of the day. We must be very careful about the issue of this voters register. The President should be bold and accept the call of both opinion leaders as well as ordinary Ghanaians and do what is necessary to prevail tranquility rather than mayhem during and after the next 2016 elections. Long live our young Democracy.
Ekow Seth 10 years ago
I believe that this has nothing to do with Democracy and the Police. This is clearly about the narrow interest of the NPP.Note that their concerns relate only to votes coming from Togo and not Burkina or the Ivory Coast.
I believe that this has nothing to do with Democracy and the Police. This is clearly about the narrow interest of the NPP.Note that their concerns relate only to votes coming from Togo and not Burkina or the Ivory Coast.
asonaba kofi 10 years ago
the police using minimum force to uphold the law has got nothing to do with party a or b. if anything, that was the plan of the demonstrators to draw maximum attention by flagrantly abusing the law and forcing the police to p ... read full comment
the police using minimum force to uphold the law has got nothing to do with party a or b. if anything, that was the plan of the demonstrators to draw maximum attention by flagrantly abusing the law and forcing the police to perform their duty.if you listen to their leaders; they did what they did deliberately.
Godd 10 years ago
The fact that in a democracy people should be allowed to demonstrate doesn't mean that people should demonstrate at the slightest opportunity. Demonstrations should be preserved for very pressing needs. It is a last resort li ... read full comment
The fact that in a democracy people should be allowed to demonstrate doesn't mean that people should demonstrate at the slightest opportunity. Demonstrations should be preserved for very pressing needs. It is a last resort like strikes by labour unions. Since demonstrations are likely to disturb the public peace, you do not embark on them just because you think you live in a democracy and have the right to demonstrate.
Was is really NECESSARY to go on a public demonstration to support your view of the need for a new registers' list?
Would such a demonstration really change the view of the EC? Will the EC decide to conduct a new registration only because a few members of one party demonstrated to that effect?
tiger shark 10 years ago
the Police didnthe correct Thing to disperse tge Hooligans Democracy has no place dor lawlessness.These Hooligans and thugs will get another round of beatings next time thex dare disturb the oeace of innocent citizens
the Police didnthe correct Thing to disperse tge Hooligans Democracy has no place dor lawlessness.These Hooligans and thugs will get another round of beatings next time thex dare disturb the oeace of innocent citizens
Grandpa 10 years ago
Were u in Ghana when DCOP Akrofi -Asiedu led police thugs who beat up demonstrators led by NDC against ROPAA? Were de police neutral then? If we have clowns like u making such 'kwashiokor like' submissions like this, then we ... read full comment
Were u in Ghana when DCOP Akrofi -Asiedu led police thugs who beat up demonstrators led by NDC against ROPAA? Were de police neutral then? If we have clowns like u making such 'kwashiokor like' submissions like this, then we have a long way to go.
Mensah Abrampa 10 years ago
The Police Service? Did I hear it's a service organization? Which service provider or organization brutalizes its clientele? In the civilized democracies the service providers understand the relationship between them and thei ... read full comment
The Police Service? Did I hear it's a service organization? Which service provider or organization brutalizes its clientele? In the civilized democracies the service providers understand the relationship between them and their clients. They say the customer is always right but not so in Ghana. In Ghana where the Inspector General of Police is appointed by the sitting President the IGP is beholden to the moods and idiosyncrasies of the President. Everyone knows what it means to earn a regular monthly salary because the odds are stacked against the average man in the street much so that people do whatever it takes to survive. The IGP is no exception. His bread is buttered by the President so he's constantly watching over his shoulders doing only the things that he believes are pleasing to the boss. This must change. It's not a democracy If the Police officer is the"Zombie" described by the famous Nigerian Afro Beat Musician, Fela Anikulakpo Kuti in his song Zombie. He sings: "Zombie no go go unless you tell am to go". Ghana Police cannot think and act independently to protect and save lives so instead they brutalize these same people if that will make the President happy. A Change Is Gonna Come.
Kofi 10 years ago
Don"t get on my bloody nerves with the tripe "civilized democracies".Have you not seen the brutality of US,UK,Italy,France,Belgium etc police in action? Get fucking real mate!!!
Don"t get on my bloody nerves with the tripe "civilized democracies".Have you not seen the brutality of US,UK,Italy,France,Belgium etc police in action? Get fucking real mate!!!
Akilu you are pathetic and a hypocrite. you write as if the demonstrators are kindergarten kids.
We heard them loud and clear promising hell and hurling verbal abuse at any one who dared caution them.
They believed the ...
read full comment
In any civilized democratic country, the Minister of Interior and the Police Chief would have left office by now because they failed miserably in the discharge of their duties to mother Ghana and its people.
Immediately a ...
read full comment
Kudos Ghana Police.You called their bluff They dared you and you showed NPP no one is above the law Let Nana take note
Abowa fun carcass! Waste of space.
Be careful what you wish for. Your party won't be in power forever and we'll see when that time comes if Kojo T will be singing the same tune he's singing today so gleefully but also shamelessly today. When that day arrives s ...
read full comment
When you challenge the law you will lose every time. If police ask you to move, you move. Anything else is downhill all the way after that. You get what you asked for every time you step-up to challenge the status quo. Demons ...
read full comment
ALL THEY KNOW IS BUGA-BUGA AND DEMANDING BRIBES. WE WILL SACK ALL THE POLICE OFFICIALS WHO ARE DOING THE NDC'S DIRTY WORK. WE ARE WATCHING YOU ALL.
The law must be respected. Ghanaians think they can always cry partisan whenever they behave badly. This is the Ghana police and not NDC Police as you seem to claim. The same police force was there when Kufuor and NPP rule ...
read full comment
I am overwhelmed by your comments considering your level of education with your phd degree. Reading the article very carefully and if it is true to its letter, then your comment is totally absurd.
The demonstrators in no w ...
read full comment
Typical bloackhead why did your demonstrates derailded from the initial agreed route?
Thanks for your insult which is the way weak minds start to put their mind across to intimidate. Take your time and read paragraphs 3 and 4 carefully and if you agree with me that the writer of the article is to its letter, ...
read full comment
Definitely there are people who thinks they know everything but actually they knew nothing, if you sound like one of them and I called you buluuuu does not mean I am a weak minded.There is no there is no smoke without a fire ...
read full comment
Your own Idiocy is inscribed in your name.Are you stoned?
Ghana has a police service not police force,apart from that, I agree with you wholeheartedly.
A nation of a misinformed majority voter public is more of a threat to the system of government irrespective of type of governance. People in communist, socialist, totalitarian and theocratic nation share one thing at the roo ...
read full comment
If the demonstrators refused to comply with the police order to follow pre-approved route then they had to use all necessary and reasonable means to maintain law and order. This has absolutely nothing to do with partisan poli ...
read full comment
Sister Souljah, take your time and read paragraphs 3 and 4 very carefully and if we all are in agreement that the article is to its letter, then the fault comes from the police force as they deliberately frustrated the demons ...
read full comment
I believe that this has nothing to do with Democracy and the Police. This is clearly about the narrow interest of the NPP.Note that their concerns relate only to votes coming from Togo and not Burkina or the Ivory Coast.
the police using minimum force to uphold the law has got nothing to do with party a or b. if anything, that was the plan of the demonstrators to draw maximum attention by flagrantly abusing the law and forcing the police to p ...
read full comment
The fact that in a democracy people should be allowed to demonstrate doesn't mean that people should demonstrate at the slightest opportunity. Demonstrations should be preserved for very pressing needs. It is a last resort li ...
read full comment
the Police didnthe correct Thing to disperse tge Hooligans Democracy has no place dor lawlessness.These Hooligans and thugs will get another round of beatings next time thex dare disturb the oeace of innocent citizens
Were u in Ghana when DCOP Akrofi -Asiedu led police thugs who beat up demonstrators led by NDC against ROPAA? Were de police neutral then? If we have clowns like u making such 'kwashiokor like' submissions like this, then we ...
read full comment
The Police Service? Did I hear it's a service organization? Which service provider or organization brutalizes its clientele? In the civilized democracies the service providers understand the relationship between them and thei ...
read full comment
Don"t get on my bloody nerves with the tripe "civilized democracies".Have you not seen the brutality of US,UK,Italy,France,Belgium etc police in action? Get fucking real mate!!!