{"id":468893,"date":"2018-03-01T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/01\/i-hope-robberies-are-not-politically-motivated-rawlings\/"},"modified":"2018-03-01T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T20:11:00","slug":"i-hope-robberies-are-not-politically-motivated-rawlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/01\/i-hope-robberies-are-not-politically-motivated-rawlings\/","title":{"rendered":"I hope robberies are not politically motivated \u2013 Rawlings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  1 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-03-01<\/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\/98395402.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rawlings Thanksgiving18\" title=\"Rawlings Thanksgiving18\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President Jerry John Rawlings<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1519935060_660_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former President Jerry John Rawlings has stated that he hopes the recent deadly robberies in the country are just downright robberies and not politically motivated from within or without to undermine the nation\u2019s security.<\/p>\n<p>According to the former President, the nation\u2019s security agencies owe it a duty to Ghanaians to ensure their security and protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us hope the recent robbery and killings is downright plain robbery and not a politically motivated action from within or without, calculated to undermine those in charge of the security machinery in order to pave the way for certain parochial ambitions,\u201d the former military dictator wrote on Twitter Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The former President\u2019s message comes a day after a Lebanese businessman was shot dead in Tema after he had gone to the Bank to withdraw over GHc200, 000 for his company.<\/p>\n<p>Barely 24 hours before that incident some gun-wielding men stormed Royal Motors at Industrial area in Accra and robbed them of their previous day sales reportedly worth over GHc500, 000.<\/p>\n<p>Over 20 Forex Bureaus have also been robbed on the Spintex road in Accra amid several other brazen robbery attacks on individuals across the country since January this year.<\/p>\n<p>The recent insecurity in the country has caused fear and panic with some minority members calling on the Inspector General of Police David Asante Apeatu to resign for his lack of action.<\/p>\n<p>The Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has, however, stated that the nation\u2019s security apparatus is in charge of the situation and has urged Ghanaians to remain calm.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qbk9p5sRhB\">pic.twitter.com\/Qbk9p5sRhB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Office of JJRawlings (@officeofJJR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officeofJJR\/status\/969201497014665219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- 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2018-03-01 Former President Jerry John Rawlings Former President Jerry John Rawlings has stated that he hopes the recent deadly robberies in the country are just downright robberies and not politically motivated from within or without to undermine the nation\u2019s security. 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