GIF demands swift prosecution of attacks on Forestry Commission officers

“While GIF recognises that criminal investigations must follow due process and that suspects are entitled to the constitutional presumption of innocence until proven guilty by a competent court, the Institute is concerned about the apparent lack of publicly visible progress in some cases involving serious attacks against Forestry Commission personnel,” the Institute said.

The Institute said it was gravely concerned about what it described as an alarming escalation in violent attacks, armed confrontations, intimidation, invasions and destruction of property directed at Forestry Commission personnel.

Its concerns follow a series of reported incidents involving attacks, injuries, intimidation, armed confrontations and destruction of Forestry Commission property, including the recent killing of a Senior Park Ranger at the Kakum Forest Reserve in the Central Region.