 Minority MP for Bulsa North James Agalga has called for the deployment of the military to support the Ghana Police Service to fight the recent increase in crime in the country.
According to him, crime is on the rise because the Police Service is under-resourced and need support from the military.
Commenting on the shooting of a Lebanese businessman in Tema on Wednesday, February 28 after he left the banking hall, James Agalga said: “I will think that the time has come for the Commander of the Armed Forces to deploy the armed forces to support the police service to deal with the issue of armed robbery as an interim measure.â€
James Agalga believes pretending that the police service has the capacity to fight crime when it doesn’t, only goes to harm the nation.
“The criminals have the sense that the police service may be overstretched…their mobility is a serious problem and when this happens it means that the ability of the police service to respond rapidly to crime scenes leaves much to be desired,†he added.
He further called on the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to fulfill his promise of injecting some GHS800 million into the Service to acquire some logistics for them.
Crime: Lebanese businessman shot dead after leaving bank
A Lebanese businessman has been shot dead shortly after he went to withdraw cash from Zenith Bank at the Tema Industrial Area Wednesday morning.
The deceased popularly know as Alhaji was trailed by armed robbers after he had left the bank at about 11:30 am in his Toyota Corolla vehicle.
According to an eyewitness, the deceased's car was blocked by the armed gang who then shot him and bolted with an amount believed to be 200,000 cedis.
Unemployment causing increase in crime
Former National Security adviser Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah has asked government not to only focus on tackling crime from the security aspect but also from the socio-economic perspective of finding jobs for the youth on the street.
According to him, most of the youth are found on the street selling products that on a normal day individuals will not be happy to sell like dog chains among other funny things.
Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah believes the focus has always been on fighting crime from the security aspect leaving the socio-economic challenges leading both young men and women to engage in robbery.
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