{"id":460124,"date":"2018-01-31T12:41:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T12:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/senior-police-officers-behind-robberies-in-ghana-kennedy-agyapong-alleges\/"},"modified":"2018-01-31T12:41:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T12:41:03","slug":"senior-police-officers-behind-robberies-in-ghana-kennedy-agyapong-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/senior-police-officers-behind-robberies-in-ghana-kennedy-agyapong-alleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior police officers behind robberies in Ghana &#8211; Kennedy Agyapong alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 31 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/76522201.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Agyapong Police31\" title=\"Ken Agyapong Police31\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kennedy Agyapong is MP for Assin Central<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1517402463_107_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has accused top officials in the police service of fuelling the high rate of robberies and attacks on police personnel in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, criminals in the country are at liberty to mete out their various malicious activities, more so attack some police officials owing to the fact that they have \u2018bought\u2019 some personalities in the police service who they know will protect and defend them at all cost regardless of the degree of harm they cause during their raids.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Adom TV\u2019s Badwam Show Tuesday January 30, Mr. Agyapong maintained that the recent Kwabenya issue for instance under no circumstance should have occurred but for the \u2018foolish\u2019 actions of leadership in the police service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTop police officers in the country should be able to handle the issues and bring solutions, rather, top officials are the ones backing the criminals and encouraging them to do those foolish things, engage in criminal activities. That\u2019s why they have the nerves to go there and kill the young officers, yes I have evidence. <\/p>\n<p>These are issues we must discuss. It is very serious. The remote cause is the impunity land guards and criminals have because when the issues are reported to the police, they buy all the police officers, they are protected otherwise, they will not have the nerves to go the police station to do this because they know they\u2019ll eventually be set free. The top is rotten, I tell you. What nonsense? Why will you collaborate with criminals and give them the chance to kill the right citizens? I\u2019m not afraid of them,\u201d he posited.<\/p>\n<p>For him, the Ghanaian police system should not even be considered when matters of security are being spoken of because the \u2018protectors\u2019 themselves have been compromised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the Assin South MP was given an order by the court to build a wall around his church, policemen went to beat him up. I have pictures showing policemen eating and dining with armed robbers, when we talk about police, don\u2019t talk about Ghana police\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Recent attacks particularly on police personnel in the country have raised a number of security concerns with many questioning the safety of Ghanaians if the \u2018guardians\u2019 of the country; the police are themselves being attacked and killed.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, a cop at the Kwabenya Police Station in Accra was killed when a gang of robbers attacked to free a number of suspects detained at the station.<\/p>\n<p>While investigations are underway, about 12 suspects have already been arrested in connection with the robbery and are before the court for investigations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 31 January 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-01-31 play videoKennedy Agyapong is MP for Assin Central Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has accused top officials in the police service of fuelling the high rate of robberies and attacks on police personnel in recent times. 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