{"id":469101,"date":"2018-03-02T10:31:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T10:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/lets-hope-robberies-not-politically-motivated-rawlings\/"},"modified":"2018-03-02T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T10:31:25","slug":"lets-hope-robberies-not-politically-motivated-rawlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/lets-hope-robberies-not-politically-motivated-rawlings\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Let\u2019s hope robberies not politically motivated\u2019 &#8211; 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 Friday,  2 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-03-02<\/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\/96193132.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rawlings Smile18\" title=\"Rawlings Smile18\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former president Flt. Lt. 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\/1519986685_514_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 asked the state security to confront the armed robbery incidents that have saddled the nation lately with utmost confidence and professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 28 February 2018, a Lebanese businessman was shot and killed by robbers after he had withdrawn GHS200,000 from the bank. The robbers bolted with the money.<\/p>\n<p>A day before that some armed robbers stormed Royal Motors in Accra in broad day light and made away with some GHS8000. It followed the arrest of nine suspected robbers in connection with raids at several forex bureaus at Spintex in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Thursday, 1 March, Mr Rawlings said: \u201cConfront this menace with utmost confidence and professionalism while ensuring that no one, high or low takes advantage of our vulnerabilities.\u201d<\/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<\/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 Jerry John Rawlings (@officeofJJR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officeofJJR\/status\/969201497014665219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the government has said it will deploy some military personnel to help the police fight robbers in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by the Minister of State in charge of National Security, Bryan Acheampong on the EBS.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has also indicated that government will acquire helicopters and drones to assist in fighting crime.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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 Friday, 2 March 2018 Source: classfmonline.com 2018-03-02 Former president Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings Former President Jerry John Rawlings has asked the state security to confront the armed robbery incidents that have saddled the nation lately with utmost confidence and professionalism. 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