The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Immigration Service has
revealed that the state security agency borrows weapons to embark on its
operations ABCNews can report.
The PRO of The state-owned security agency in charge of protecting the
country’s borders claims his outfit finds it difficult dealing with
armed criminals because they do not have weapons to combat crime at the
borders.
Speaking to Adam Bonaa on Starr FM, the Public relations officer,
Superintendent Michael Amoako-Atta said “We don’t have them, we have a
few that we have borrowed from other agencies, yes, yes you see although
Act 901 gives effect for us to use weapons, it looks like the
procurement process is a bit cumbersome, but then again the indication
that we are having from government is that the procurement process has
come to an end and hopefully by September the weapons would be in for
use by our officials.”
The P.R.O of the immigration service lamented further about the
challenges officials of the security agency grapple with on a daily
basis.
“If you go to the northern part, especially with the border with Burkina
Faso you have our men there who are patrolling and manning these
boarders unapproved and approved with their bare hands. Initially, until
we have to borrow some weapons for them to use,” he said in the
interview monitored by ABC News.
