Denying suspects access to legal counsel is unconstitutional – Security Agencies must STOP the Lawlessness!

The Constitution is the supreme law of Ghana. All Security Agencies with powers of arrest – Ghana Police Service, Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), National Security, and Ghana Immigration Service – are set up by statute subject to the provisions of the Constitution. As such, all these institutions are required to operate within the limits of the provisions of the Constitution. Article 14(2) of the 199...

By Isaac Yeboah