[ 2013-10-06 ]

Is Terrorism not Already Entrenched in Ghana?
The aftermath of the Kenyan Westgate Shopping Mall
lethal invasion by the Islamic al-shabaab fanatics
that saw an acclaimed Ghanaian poet, writer and
academia, a luminary in the mentioned fields of
course, Professor Kofi Awoonor, lose his life, has
culminated in precautionary but frantic efforts by
Ghana to successfully ward off any such probable
future mishap on her.


It has been on the news from the government
circles that the security forces, especially the
ambiguously newly created "Special Forces", are
being given additional training to be able to
quell any activities of terrorism on the soil of
Ghana should any take place.

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I would like to draw the attention of the
government, that of the people of Ghana and any
other interested foreigners to the fact that as
Ghana looks yonder for terrorists, some are right
under the nose of the government simmering, but
well entrenched. For my audience to better
understand the point I am dragging at, I had
better define TERRORISM.

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Terrorism is, "the use of violence and threats to
intimidate or coerce, especially for political
purposes". A Terrorist by definition is a person
who terrorizes or frightens others. What then is
Terrorize? Terrorize is to dominate or coerce by
intimidation or to produce widespread fear by acts
of violence.

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Having gone the lengths to define terrorism, may I
pause to inquire of you, if acts of terrorism
have, or have not been taking place in Ghana? I
will not take you farther away than the incidents
that happened in the Odododiodoo Constituency in
the Greater Accra region and the uncovered secret
plots by one Yaw Boateng Gyan to inflict fatal
injuries on his political opponents.

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Nii Lamptey Vanderpuye, now a Member of Parliament
for Odododiodoo Constituency but then a
parliamentary candidate for the mentioned
Constituency, hired thugs, instigated them to
beat, and even to kill if possible, anyone not
bearing Ga but Ashanti/Akan name that tries to
register as a voter in the Constituency. As damn
wicked, stupid, ignorant and power drunk as he was
and always has been, he set loose his rented
thuggish NDC sycophants of Ga and other tribes
descent except Akan, to frighten off the Akans
from venturing into the Constituency to register
for election 2012.

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Was Ursula Owusu not given a bloody hiding when
she ventured into Nii Lamptey Vanderpuye's
"Out-of-bounds to Akans" marked-out territory, as
a challenge to rubbish the audacious stamping of
authority by then a mere presidential aide to
President Mills - Nii Lamptey Vanderpuye?

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As the Akans were violently resisted from
registering to vote in the area, some having their
stores and wares destroyed and others beaten up
mercilessly, the Atta Mills NDC government, the
politicised and biased security forces both
watched nonchalantly as though nothing was
happening or has happened.

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Moreover, one Yaw Boateng Gyan, the National Youth
Organizer for the NDC party, a carnal-minded
Pentecostal Christian, was caught on recorded
audio tape arranging to have NDC opponents maimed
or killed all in a bid to ensure election 2012
success for the NDC. I do not want to delve deep
into Mr Gyan's wicked plot as it is already in the
public domain. He and his colleague will answer to
God sooner than later if the Church of Pentecost
is not currently in a position to demand
accountability of his dastardly actions.

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Are the above instances not serious acts of
home-grown, although political, terrorism? Do they
not have the potency to result in same magnitude
of fatalities as the incident at Westgate Shopping
Mall in Kenya? As Ghanaians are looking out for
people or foreigners clad in Islamic dresses to
blame for, or to monitor as possible criminals
able to execute terrorist activities, the
terrorists are already in Ghana if not within the
ruling government and party.

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I believe political terrorism is already rife in
Ghana. It did happen in Kumasi not long ago when
some allegedly Zongo Community people held part of
Kumasi hostage, beating people, stealing their
money and wares and firing gunshots into the air
and at people in broad daylight.

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I will advise the Mahama/Arthur-Amissah NDC-led
government not to look yonder for terrorists. They
are right in bed with them. A terrorist is a
terrorist no matter where they come from, what
dress they wear or which religion they belong in.
Are Nii Lamptey Vanderpuye and Yaw Boateng Gyan,
both Christians, any different from the Muslims
often perceived as terrorists when we critically
analyse their intentions and activities as
mentioned above?

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"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we
are all his accomplices" - Edward R. Murrow
(1908-1965), U.S. newscaster. Therefore, We need
to fight this internal official or political
terrorism that has rendered nonsense our national
parliamentary and presidential elections. A word
to the wise is enough. Are the supposed Special
Forces trained or being trained to fight that type
of terrorism waged by the above two mentioned
persons?

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Source - Rockson Adofo

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