By: Sankofaonline Editorial Board: October 24, 2025.
The air is thick, not just with the perpetual heat of Accra, but with the suffocating stench of injustice. For too long, the implicit covenant between the governed and the government has been fractured, reduced to a bitter joke. We stand before the Republic today, not to plead, but to demand a rigorous, uncompromising investigation into the alleged abuses of power that are turning the very leaders Ghanaians elected into thorns in the flesh of the people they swore to serve.
Background and Operations
The case of Mr. Eric Kwasi Adudze is a stark microcosm of this national malaise. For years, Adudze has operated a crucial community asset: a water hydrant, sustaining homes and livelihoods. His initiative extended to constructing approximately 100 meters of water lock grid, a vital piece of infrastructure benefiting the community. His presence wasn’t clandestine; the local Assemblyman was invited, acknowledged the operation, and recognized Adudze’s long-term contributions. This is the portrait of a responsible citizen building where the system neglected to.
The trouble began with the arrival of a new, well-connected landowner intending to erect a filling station. When this gentleman sought to relocate Adudze, an established, essential service provider, he was met with the rightful opposition of both Adudze , members of the community and the Assemblyman. “How can you relocate me?” Adudze’s question echoes the fundamental right to stability and investment. It is not merely rhetorical, it is a challenge to the erosion of dignity and the disregard for grassroots enterprise.
The Escalation of Power
The conflict escalated into a brutal power play orchestrated by none other than Hon. Yussif Issaka Jajah, Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts. This is where the allegations transition from a local land dispute to a chilling case of state apparatus co-opted for personal tyranny. Jajah, a recent entrant to the area, is accused of deploying fake national security personnel,a brazen, terrifying spectacle of state mimicry,to forcefully fence off and block Adudze’s access, immobilizing even his car to access his property . The threat wasn’t subtle; land guards promised outright violence. Most egregiously, this powerful official allegedly demolished a public toilet, a lifeline infrastructure for sanitation , and reassigned the land, leaving the community with nowhere to turn for basic human needs.
The Cost of Silence
The consequences of such unchecked power are grave, extending far beyond one man’s business. When officials use their authority to dismantle community infrastructure and deploy paramilitary proxies, it erodes the very foundation of public trust and security. The use of fake security uniforms , if true , amounts to sedition of the uniform, cheapening and corrupting the instruments of national protection. The threat to forcibly close a business like Adudze’s, in which he invested close to 1.2 million cedis, is not merely economic sabotage; it is a sentence of poverty for him and his family, an act of calculated cruelty against enterprise. When a Deputy Minister can unilaterally destroy essential public services and replace them with private interests, it signals the collapse of local governance and the triumph of autocracy over democracy. “Jajah is the thorn in our flesh,” Adudze states, articulating the weariness of a people who feel betrayed by their own representatives.
A Nation’s Reckoning
This is not what Ghanaians voted for. We did not elect our leaders to become monsters of avarice shielded by false guards and state titles. The President must act decisively. The allegations against Hon. Yussif Issaka Jajah require immediate, transparent, and criminal investigation. If these acts are substantiated, the consequences must be commensurate with the high office desecrated: immediate dismissal, prosecution to the fullest extent of the law, and a permanent forfeiture of the right to hold public office. Ghana’s democracy cannot survive the normalization of such brutal, self-serving power. Jajah must be called to order, and through him, a message must be sent that the power of the people is not a scepter for personal gain, but a sacred trust.
Bravo ! We hope the authorities will do something about this .