The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has incited the youth in the Eastern Region of Ghana to arrest all National Identification Authority (NIA) officers at all NIA registration centres for carrying on with registration in the midst of the coronavirus scare.
They also called the youth to sieze all equipment and registration materials being used by the NIA and transport them together with the NIA officers to a nearby police station.
This comes after the NIA has failed to halt the registration exercise despite government’s directive to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
According to ASEPA, although several Professional bodies including the Ghana Medical Association, NUGS, CHRAJ, CSOs over the past few days have intensify calls to the NIA to suspend its registration in the Eastern Region, they have refused to heed to the calls.
“We are by this statement, announcing to the good people of the Eastern Region especially the youth to activate their rights and effect Citizens arrest of all NIA officers at all NIA Registration Centers, sieze all Equipment and Registration Materials and transport them together with the NIA officers to the nearby Police Station,” ASEPA stated.
Below is a statement by ASEPA:
MOVE INTO ALL REGISTRATION CENTERS, EFFECT CITIZENS ARREST ON NIA REGISTRATION OFFICERS, SIEZE REGISTRATION EQUIPMENTS AND SEND THEM TO NEAR BY POLICE STATIONS- ASEPA CHARGES EASTERN REGION RESIDENTS*
There is one angle to this reculcitrance by the NIA that the Citizens are failing to look at and that is the legal rights to effect Citizens Arrest.
So far several Professional bodies like the Ghana Medical Association, NUGS, CHRAJ, CSOs etc over the past few days have intensify calls to the NIA to suspend its registration in the Eastern Region but little have been done to heed to those important calls.
We are by this statement, announcing to the good people of the Eastern Region especially the YOUTH to activate their rights and effect Citizens arrest of all NIA officers at all NIA Registration Centers, Sieze all Equipments and Registration Materials and transport them together with the NIA officers to the nearby Police Station.
This must done with immediate effect and anybody can do that, it is legally recognized by the laws of our land in critical situations such as this one when the lives of the People are being endangered by the actions of these NIA officers.
We have activated several lawyers who are willing and ready to defend anyone in Court should the State decides to flout it’s own directive and charge anybody for subjecting these NIA officers to Citizens arrest.
We believe this remains the only sure way to stop the NIA’s silly reculcitrance.
Let’s effect this arrest immediately, let’s save the lives of our fathers, mothers, grandparents, uncles and the elderly in our Society who will be much hit by the deadly COVID-19 should there be an outbreak in the region.
Signed:
Mensah Thompson
Executive Director, ASEPA
0542120628
Cc.
All Youth Groups in the Eastern Region.
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