The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen says most people, especially civilians fear and respect military personnel due to their ‘No nonsense nature’.
He noted that there is a perception that most people fear and respect soldiers compared to the police although they all fall under the Security Act.
His comments come after the Military High Command of Ghana stripped the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin off his military bodyguards.
The guards according to a letter issued by the Ghana Armed Forces, were assigned to the Speaker without the proper procedure.
The Ghana Armed Forces further indicated in the letter that the right procedures will now be initiated to assign new military bodyguards.
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Speaking on Atinka TV’s morning show, Ghana Nie, hosted by Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, Nana Obiri Boahen explained that the military regimes that the country has passed through makes people maintain the fear they have for the soldiers.
He cited an incident where rioting youth could not be stopped by the police but same rioters ran away when four military officers got to the scene.
Due to this, Nana Obiri Boahen campaigned that military officers are used as security guards for civilians, most importantly those who occupy bigger positions in the country.
He was also of the belief that the police can also be used as security guards depending on individual preferences.
He said, “the police should use that to advise themselves that maybe because we are more closer to the civilians that is why they do not fear us like the way they fear the soldiers.”
He also said the police should also ask themselves what they can do so that the people will fear and respect them more like they do with the soldiers.
“If a soldier protects a civilian, I do not see anything wrong,” he said.
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