Military Deployment: Why Is Only Volta Region Complaining? Minister Wonders

Deputy Defence Minister Major Derick Oduro (Rtd) has stated that the Volta Region is not the only place where security personnel have been deployed; citing the Northern border, Eastern and other places.

According to him, the deployment is not politically motivated but in the interest of the nation. Therefore he cannot understand why only the people of Volta keep complaining.

He noted that the opposition National Democratic Congress are behind the excessive complains in pursuing their own interest. He denied any act of intimidation meted out on residents in the Volta.

“We’ve military deployment at the Northern border, Eastern and other places and they are not complaining so why is the Volta Region complaining?…the deployment is for our own good” and “we’ll not sit down for people who want their own interest so that terrorists can take over our country.”

He intimated that “when the people in the Volta Region talk about intimidation, they [military] don’t come to your house. They have an area of responsibility. Generally speaking, every step taken by the national security is taken in the interest of the nation and not a few.”

“It’s not true that people are being intimidated. This is not the first time security is being deployed before election, during, and after election to the Volta Region. The soldiers are in the Volta Region to provide security in the interest of the whole nation. It’s not intimidation,” he added.

Source: GhanaFeed.com