{"id":18078,"date":"2021-02-05T17:26:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=18078"},"modified":"2021-02-05T20:33:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T20:33:42","slug":"why-is-jean-mensa-being-protected-like-north-korean-leader-kofi-bentil-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=18078","title":{"rendered":"Why is Jean Mensa being protected like North Korean leader? \u2013 Kofi Bentil wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, is wondering why the head of Ghana\u2019s Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, is being followed by army men in uniform with guns like the North Korean leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A private legal practitioner and a senior member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, in a recent post on social media justified the security arrangement provided for the Commissioner and questioned why some people have taken issues with the arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post has attracted several reactions from people. One of those is Mr Bentil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Bentil, like others who have had issues with Mrs Mensa\u2019s security, wondered why it is not the police who are handling her security and again asked why her security arrangement is so overt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check out Gabby Otchere-Darko\u2019s post below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/146439690_10159099687251894_6229196941092388114_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/146439690_10159099687251894_6229196941092388114_o.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/146439690_10159099687251894_6229196941092388114_o-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption><strong>This woman, the returning officer for the presidential election, has had her life threatened multiple times from all manner of corners, her character insulted, her integrity denigrated and the threats to her life heightened to the highest dangerous point that any public servant should endure, and for the security services to consider it appropriate to offer her the highest form of protection they could. Her security at home, office and around her 24-7, is made up of a combination of soldiers and police. I am not sure she enjoys the security attention. But she understands she has to endure it. And, some of us have a problem with that?<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/a659ac7f-f61c-4bd5-a167-5f2b02bd6e6e-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/a659ac7f-f61c-4bd5-a167-5f2b02bd6e6e-Copy.jpg 622w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/a659ac7f-f61c-4bd5-a167-5f2b02bd6e6e-Copy-311x300.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Kofi Bentil, is wondering why the head of Ghana\u2019s Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, is being followed by army men in uniform with guns like the North Korean leader. 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