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Mills urges government to find killers
Accra, July 12, Ghanadot/GNA –
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of
the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday called
on President J.A Kufuor, the Interior Minister, and the
Inspector General of Police, as a matter of urgency find the
assassins and brains behind the recent murders in the
country.
He said the Kufour administration must also restore hope in
Ghanaians that they can operate within a safe environment
and not live in constant fear not knowing who would fall
victim next to the bullets of the contract killers.
A statement issued in Accra and signed by Prof. Atta Mills
said the recent slaying of Mr. Rokko Frimpong, Deputy
Managing Director of the Ghana Commercial Bank, has
undoubtedly accentuated the belief that Ghanaians were now
in an era where people are engaging the services of Contract
Killers, to either settle scores or for the pursuit of their
selfish interests.
It said Mr. Frimpong, a prominent Corporate Executive, Mr.
Awuah Boateng, and an accomplished journalist, Mr. Samuel
Ennin, were all murdered in cold blood by heartless
assassins who killed not because they wanted to steal
property or wealth, but killed because the mission was to
wipe out their victims.
The statement said the very professional manner in which the
assassins carryout their assignments was a worrying trend
that is being established, in that the hit men have
exhibited brazen bravado which reeks of a “we fear nothing”
attitude as they execute their jobs without masking
themselves.
“It is this “we fear nothing” attitude that Ghanaians must
be extremely worried about since the message that the
assassins and their bosses are sending is that they either
don’t care if they are caught, or know that they are so well
connected and protected that they cannot be caught” the
statement added.
The statement also said as scary as the current phenomenon
of Contract Killing is, it is not difficult to draw a link
between what is happening and Ghana having become a key hub
and major transit point for the illicit drug trade.
Ghana has become a principal corridor through which
trans-national drug trafficking groups operate and
incontrovertible evidence abounds to that effect.
It said the magnitude of ill-gotten wealth that the drug
trade makes available to the barons, allows them to use
money to buy almost anything – including buying the services
of hit men.
The statement said it could not be ruled out that contract
killers also tend to be users of drugs hence the barefaced
boldness we are witnessing as in the three cases in
question, the hit men have operated without masks.
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