Alhaji Masawudu Osman, third Vice National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has warned at the rate people’s homes are being ransacked soon lives will be lost.
According to him, he will kill any National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) operatives who will violate his rights at his residence.
His comments come on the back of the widespread brouhaha from the NPP over the raid on Hon. Ntim Fordjour’s home.
Members of the Minority quickly mobilized to the MP’s residence, insisting that the NIB operatives lacked a warrant and legal basis for the arrest.
The Minority in Parliament described the attempted arrest as an illegal and politically motivated attempt by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB).
The incident took place at the MP’s Spintex residence in Accra on Wednesday, April 9, following allegations he made concerning two suspicious aircraft that allegedly landed at Kotoka International Airport, carrying drugs and large sums of cash.
Speaking on Original TV, Alhaji Masawudu Osman stated, “Everyone in Ghana should take their security seriously. The country is not in a good state right now. You could be at home peacefully, and before you know it, your house is invaded in the name of a National Security operation. At this rate, people’s homes are being ransacked—soon, lives will be lost”.
“But me, Alhaji Masawudu—by the power vested in me as the National Vice Chairman of the NPP—if I am at my house in East Legon and I see people entering my home to attack me without any verbal notice or a court warrant, I will treat them as armed robbers. I will gun them down”, he added.
He further added, “I can only channel my concerns through the appropriate quarters if I’m alive. What if I die? It could very well be that the people who invade your house are not even from National Security.”
Meanwhile, Kofi Bentil the Vice President of IMANI Africa and legal practitioner has stated a Ghanaian citizen has a constitutional right to shoot to kill masked people who enter their house.
According to Kofi Bentil, masked men storming private homes may amount to kidnapping, and citizens have the right to defend themselves, even with firearms.
In a post on social media, Bentil asserted, “If a masked person tries to arrest you, you have a right in law to resist it. It could be a kidnapping!
“If masked people try to enter your house, you have a constitutional right to shoot to kill in your defense! See Article 13(2)(a).”
However, speaking in an interview on Joy News on April 10, 2025, “If you live in your house, there are so many rights that one has, your personal right to freedom, the right to privacy, the right to defend yourself, your family, and your property. If someone breaches those rights, the person must have a warrant, authorization to breach your fundamental, constitutional, and human rights”.
“If that person does not have such authorization and proceeds to breach it, it can mean many things. Listen, if you are in your house and someone tries to break in, you have the right under Article 14 to protect yourself, your property, and your family in every way that is reasonable, including the use of a firearm. It is written in our constitution,” he added.
Watch the video below:
I wíll kíll any NIB Operatives who will violate my right at my residence – NPP Vice Chairman Alhaji Osman Masawudu pic.twitter.com/yVrcjWja5E
— Original TV Ghana (@originaltvghana) April 10, 2025
