Speaking in an interview with Peacefmonline.com, he noted that the attitude portrayed by BNI officials, especially in the arrest of former National Chairman of Ayawaso West Wuogon of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Omari Wadie, is beginning to fuel suspicions that they tend to please government.
Addressing the recent issue of pictures about political figures posted on social networks, Atik Mohammed was of the view that Omari Wadie was singled out and that it was unfair for the BNI to ambush him on his return to Ghana.
According to him, though the act by Omari Wadie is condemnable, “the way and manner the BNI also handled the matter equally is condemnable. You don’t treat with any matter as petty as this as if the guy has committed high treason. When indeed we’ve had newspapers publish nude pictures of other political figures supposedly engaging in sexual activities with other women. And I think that you are talking about justice, you are talking about sensitizing the country and ridding the country of some of these nasty things; I think we should be fair…We should not just single out some people.”
He further stated that the BNI seems to work to only satisfy the “pleasures” of government and questioned why the same treatment is not meted out to other persons and newspapers which publish nude pictures.
He advised the leaders and political figures to discuss pertinent issues bothering the nation and implored the BNI to desist from being “the puppet of government.”
The BNI, he stated, tends “to do things to please government anytime there’s a change…We all Ghanaians deserve the same treatment whether it is my party that is in power or not; we deserve the same treatment. But their attitude is beginning to tell Ghanaians that they are more like puppets of government which is the most unfortunate suspicion and development. And they must do everything possible to cancel that impression and that they can do through their actions.”
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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