Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Eugene Boakye Antwi is calling for a "tit for tat" action to settle out issues of hooliganism.
Speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo', Hon. Boakye Antwi told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that hooliganism has been made to fester in the country because the actors escape from the claws of the country’s laws due to interferences by political bigwigs.
To him, just because when a gang exhibits violent behaviors towards an individual and are set free instead of facing the full rigors of the law; they tend to perpetuate such acts with sheer impunity.
According to him, his resolution to a violent attack is to take revenge as he believes "tit for tat" is a fair game.
He was commenting on the recent attack by members of pro-NPP vigilante group, Delta Force, on the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei who doubles as Minister of State for Monitoring and Evaluation.
Some muscular men stormed a meeting of constituency executives chaired by Dr. Akoto Osei over the weekend.
The heavily-built men allegedly wanted to assault the Minister but he managed to escape unscathed.
Hon. Boakye Antwi condemned the action by the pro-NPP gang but cited situations where incidents of this sort become "foolish case" because these gang members have affiliation with some big names in the leadership cadre of the government.
“My belief is that when someone tries to attack your life, that’s not politics. I’ve always said that I’m not going to attack or beat anybody as an MP but if I send someone and you beat the person, I won’t send it to the Police station . . . For me if it’s Opanyin Agyekum’s son I sent and you use blade to cut his ear, I have to also ensure you get the same mark immediately,” he stressed.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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mp this is nsem huunu. ka nyansa sem when you have the opportunity of the airwaves. all these are sitting in parliament voted for by the people of this nation. sometimes mo mu bi ma democracy koraa look fo-o-lish dodo.
I hope you yourself would face the delta forces with your tit for tat philosophy, but won't go and hire thugs to revenge for you. How irresponsible can you be as a leader. You have sensibly addressed the issue by saying the laws should deal with them as well as no political big wig should bail them out when they are being dealt with. That should be enough, why do go on to talk about tit for tat.
When all the constituency executives are chasing job and money in Accra this is the outcome. The Party machinery has collapsed at the regional and constituency levels and that these local operatives do not know where to send their messages to. Thank you