Hand Over Perceived Thieves To The Police; Don’t Kill Them – B/A Police PRO

The Brong Ahafo Regional Public Relations Officer [PRO] for Ghana Police Service, Assistant Superintendent of Police [ASP] Christopher Tawiah has called on the general public to hand over suspected criminals, thieves or robbers to the police instead of taking their lives.

ASP Christopher Tawiah speaking with Kwabena Obeng Akrofi on Ark in the morning Friday said Lynching of suspected criminals hampers the efforts of the police to stem the tide of crime in the country.

According to him, the arrest and trial of a few of them may lead to the arrest of other participants of the criminal enterprise.

He said laws of Ghana are against instant justice therefore the public must put an end to it for peace to prevail in the country and to eliminate crime.

“No person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except in the exercise of the execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the laws of Ghana of which he has been convicted,” according to clause 1 of article 13 of the 1992 constitution.

ASP Tawiah who was commenting on the recent increase rate of mob action in the Sunyani Municipality charged residents to be careful about their movement.

He questioned why people who take the law into their own hands do not leave items believed to have been stolen by the suspected thieves on their side. Adding that, “such things will help us in our investigations.”

However, some listeners of Ark Fm who phoned in to the show revealed that instant justice do occur due to the inordinate delay in justice delivery in Ghana.

Source: Myarkfmonline.com/Afia Aboagyewaa & Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku