The Zongo caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling on all Muslims and Zongo dwellers across the country to join the upcoming March for Justice demonstration on Tuesday the July 6, 2021.
The demonstration which is being organized by the youth wing of the NDC among other things, is against what they described as “atrocities and injustice meted out on the people of Ghana especially Muslims in the Zongo communities”.
“In view of the recent state sponsored murders against Muslims by the Akufo Addo government, we Muslims have an onerous obligation to come out in our numbers to register our displeasure at the impunity with which the government has abused our rights over the period”.
Although the Police Service had earlier served notice to the NDC Youth Wing that it will not permit the demonstration to take place as planned due to COVID-19 restrictions and protocols, that decision was sharply rescinded after a crunch meeting between the two parties. The NDC Youth Wing went on to call on the #FixTheCountry movement to join them in the July 6, 2021 street protest.
However, another group calling for more forces to join the protest, is the youths belonging to the NDC Zongo Caucus. Backing their call, the group said their decision to mobilize more forces is motivated by many unsolved killings in the past involving state security agencies.
“Just for our reminders, in the not too distant past, specifically on the 17th of July 2018, seven innocent Zongo Young men from Asawase were gunned down by the police in Kumasi and till date no Justice” the statement said.
It continued that “On the 16th of July, 2019, another Muslim, Ahmed Hussein Suale was gunned down by unknown Assailants after a staunch NPP member, Kennedy Agyapong had flaunted his pictures on his TV station, calling on the public to harm him should they find him”.
The statement signed by the National Zongo Caucus Coordinator Alhaji Cole Younger listed names of Muslims that they claimed were killed either by the Police, Military or people with affiliation to the ruling party, the NPP.
“On the 7th December 2020, the following Muslims from our Zongos across the country were murdered by NPP hoodlums, they included; Alhassan Tajudeen in Techiman South, Abdallah Ayarick also in Techiman South, A 12 year old girl, Samira Zakaria in Savelugu and Ibrahim Abass of Ablekuma central, Accra”.
“This deliberate selective justice by the Security Agencies against Muslims, never caught the attention of the Nana Addo/Bawumia government to seek justice for our Zongo people”.
“The aforementioned precedents grounds the accusation of hypocrisy and disrespect to the Muslims and Zongo people by the NPP government especially Bawumia. It is therefore in our own interest, as Zongo people to come out in our numbers to register our resentment against the culture of selective justice being perpetrated against Muslims and the Zongo people”.
Let’s all come out and declare to the government of Akufo Addo that, enough of the murder of Muslims. Enough is enough. Once again, our condolences to the family of all those who lost their loved ones, the statement concluded
