Leader of the Northern Caucus in Parliament, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has emphasized that many of Ghana’s security personnel, both in public and private sectors, lack adequate equipment to effectively combat crime.
The Wa Central MP highlighted that security officers who rely solely on physical strength are particularly vulnerable.
The Ghana Police Service has initiated an investigation into two fatalities in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, occurring at the Wa East Education Service office and Wa Model JHS School on Tuesday.
In a statement, the service assured the public, especially Wa residents, of ongoing efforts to apprehend those responsible.
“We would like to assure the public, especially the residents of Wa, to remain calm as the police work to get those involved arrested to face justice,” the service said in a statement.
During an interview on the JoyNews AM Show, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo expressed concern “The people who are killed are normally security men whose weapons are their bodies, and besides that, the police who go after them do not seem to be well-equipped technically and with the needed equipment.”
He noted disparities observed in Western law enforcement, citing films and reports, underscoring Ghana’s police force’s insufficient tools for investigating and apprehending perpetrators, posing significant challenges.
Pelpuo advocated for deploying specially trained personnel to Wa to handle investigations and apprehend the criminals involved.
“For the kind of police work we are doing now, it does not look like we are prepared for a thorough investigation into issues like this, which is internal and very sophisticated. We do not have that sophistication at all,” he noted.