The Ghana police Service has instituted measures to stop instant justice or mob action in the country, the Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu announced on Friday.
The measures include stern enforcement of the law, liaising with other relevant institutions to embark on massive public education, strengthening criminal investigations, and taking community policing to a higher level, he said.
The action follows the lynching of Maxwell Adam Mahama, an army officer at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region of Ghana, more than 300 km of the capital, and several reports of mob action against suspected criminals across Ghana.
“The police is prepared to collaborate with stakeholders to cure this canker of instant justice and ensure that it is permanently stamped out of the society,” he told a press conference at the police headquarters in Accra.
Instant justice is becoming routine in Ghana. The act takes many forms and shapes, including flogging suspected robbers to death, stripping suspects naked and beating them with blocks, sticks till they die and sometimes setting them ablaze.
The police service has over the years expressed worry at the resurgence of instant justice in the country and advised perpetrators to desist from it and report all suspected criminals to the police for the necessary action. Enditem
Source: Xinhua/NewsGhana.com.gh
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