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Security analyst Col. Festus Aboagye has blamed the series of violent attacks in the country recently on the predictability of Police checkpoints and roadblocks.
Speaking to Emefa Apawu on Joy FM, Mr Aboagye disclosed that armed robbers have become smarter over time and find alternative ways to commit high-level crimes, as such, maintaining one checkpoint makes it easy for them to find other suitable spots to attack people.
"Once roadblocks become static, they are predictable, anybody who wants to commit crime knows where these points are and will find other places where no such checkpoints in the immediate vicinity," he said.
Following the death of the Member of Parliament for the Mfantseman Constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford stressed the need for security personnel to be assigned to notable people in the country along with the inclusion of heightened security for the general public.
"Certain individuals in this country must be accorded certain levels of security but that higher level of security must not be to the exclusion for the security of the general public."
An NPP Member of Parliament, Ekow Quansah Hayford of the Mfantseman Constituency was shot dead on the Abeadze Dominase – Abeadze Duadzi – Mankessim Road on his return from a campaign trip.
He is believed to have been attacked at about 1:00 am Friday morning by armed highway robbers.
According to an eyewitness report, while the robbery was ongoing, the MP identified himself. This allegedly infuriated the robbers who blamed politicians for the problems hardships of the country.
He was then shot twice, leading to his untimely demise, reports have it that the robbers left the scene before police could arrive and are currently at large.
Security analyst Col. Festus Aboagye called on the State, Police and all Security Agencies to be consistent and proactive in their efforts to combat crime.
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