The Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko Computer, has called on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to respect the rule of law and allow state security institutions to perform their duties.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story on Thursday, May 29, Mr Tanko Computer said the era of selective justice is over and insisted that all citizens, regardless of political standing, must be subject to the law.
“We are in an era where the law is the law. We should allow the security agencies to do their work. The fact that someone is a party chairman does not place them above the law,” he noted.
His comments follow the arrest and ongoing detention of NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on allegations of causing financial loss to the state, with the Minority in Parliament alongside party leaders besieging EOCO, demanding that the bail condition of Chairman Wontumi be varied.
Mr Tanko-Computer criticised the NPP’s protest over the arrest, describing it as lawless and hypocritical. He pointed out that during the NPP's time in power, NDC officials were arrested and prosecuted without similar outcries or walkouts.
“Under their regime, NDC’s National Chairman Ofosu Ampofo was arrested and made to face justice. The Minority didn’t behave the way they [NPP] are doing now,” he stated.
He also accused the NPP of attempting to drag President John Mahama into the matter unnecessarily.
“Let's allow the law to work. Why is he trying to draw the President into this matter? What has the President got to do with this? ... Is it the President who is controlling the security agencies to do their work?” he quizzed.
Mr Tanko further warned the NPP against politicising lawful processes, noting that their previous administration was characterised by several questionable arrests that could fill volumes.
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