Minority Demands Urgent Briefing on Rising Insecurity
Minority MPs request a closed-door session with the Interior Minister over ritual killings, campus shootings, and targeted attacks shaking public confidence in national security.
- Minority MPs call for urgent closed-door briefing with Interior Minister
- Surge in ritual killings and shootings raises national security concerns
- Government reviews Bawku curfew amid escalating violence
The Minority caucus in Parliament is pressing for an emergency in-camera session with the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, over the disturbing surge in ritual killings and violent crimes reported across the country.
Labeling the situation as “alarming,” Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh, on Saturday, July 26, raised the issue on the floor of Parliament, invoking Order 60 of the Standing Orders to demand an immediate and private engagement with the minister.
“We cannot let this matter die naturally. We must summon the Interior Minister, possibly behind closed doors, due to the sensitive nature of this national security concern,” Annoh-Dompreh stated.
He emphasized the urgent need for decisive government action to restore public confidence in Ghana’s security systems.
The calls come in the wake of several recent violent incidents, including a deadly shooting on the Nalerigu SHS campus that claimed two students’ lives. The attack, carried out by unidentified gunmen, has intensified fears among residents, with suspicions of links to the protracted Bawku conflict—though no official confirmation has been given.
Similar violence has also been reported at Bawku SHS, where a student was fatally shot, and in the Ashanti Region’s Asawase, where an unidentified man was killed by gunmen on a motorbike on July 25—just days after the Kusasi Chief of the region was also gunned down.
In response to the unrest, the government has revised the curfew in Bawku, limiting movement between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
The escalating wave of attacks has triggered public anxiety and prompted renewed calls for the government and security agencies to intensify efforts to protect citizens and maintain law and order.
