Our Security Has No Eye -ET

Members of the Minority in Parliament want to know how Ghana’s former National Security Minister, Mr. Francis Poku left the country. Mr. Muntaka Mubarak, MP for Asawase spoke to Citi News in reaction to admittance by the Chief of Staff and Minister for Presidential Affairs, Mr. Kojo Mpiani, that if government cannot tell Ghanaians how the former Minister left the country, “then what that means is that our security has no eye.”

Mr. Mpiani was answering a question on the floor of the House on how Mr. Poku left the country, he said “ Mr. Speaker, we have no idea as to how he left the country.” The question was asked by Mr. E. T. Mensah, MP for Ningo Prampram, on behalf on Mr. John Mahama, MP for Bole Bamboe. But Mr. Mubarak, who was not satisfied with the answer angrily told Citi News that “it tells you and I that we are insecure. That’s why we have serious armed robbery still going on, that’s why there is so much drug trafficking in our country.”

The MP said simply put Ghana has no security, emphasizing that “our security has no eye. The security is hopeless.” He insisted that while the security apparatus may not know how he left the country, it was possible to gather information on his movements long after he had left the country. Mr. Mubarak said they should know and document how Mr. Poku left the country. Mr. Francis Poku was reported to have left the country unnoticed after he was fired by the President. Soon after announcement of his dismissal reached the public, heavily armed military and police personnel stormed his residence, following news that he was placed under House Arrest. The government however, denied he was placed under House Arrest.