The faces behind the arson attack on the Brickdam Police Station are yet to be revealed

Oct 06, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

I have read with fascinating interest the news both on social media and traditional media that cover the fire that occurred days ago at the Brickdam Police Station.
One thing that seems not to rest very well with me, is the confession statement given by the prisoner, Clarence Greene. It does not add up because there are too many holes in his statement.
First, who did Greene attempt to rob that got him in trouble with the law? How long was he being held for, and under what conditions? Does he have any previous brushes with the law?
Second, how did he get the matches to set a piece of the mattress on fire? Where was he being held? Did he start the blaze that led to the fire alone or with the knowledge of others? How come he knew the documents were below so well? What made him confess so willingly to the arson attempt?
Thirdly, where are the family members of Clarence Greene? Why did he give the police an address that does not exist? I was not able to find him on Facebook or any other social media platform based upon the information supplied in the public domain.
I am not buying his alleged confession or half confession. There are too many questions that remain unanswered surrounding this dastardly incident.
I think the police have to do a thorough investigation because for all we might know Clarence Greene is only the fall man. He could be part of a wider and more sinister political plot to cause instability throughout Guyana with the use of arson.
This whole thing requires, as both the Home Affairs Minister, Robeson Benn, and later the President, Dr. Irfaan Ali said, a thorough probe. We need to get to the bottom of this arson attack on these institutions of the State. They are becoming too frequent. Do not buy his reported confession so easily.
Secondly, investigate the handling of the fire too. The firefighters must be held accountable for the decisions they made which led to the preventable disaster. Start with the firing of top officials if you have to. Heads must roll. This is the negligence of the highest form.
No one is fooled! There are those who show a type of half-baked condemnation whenever they speak about crime.
This arson attack at the Brickdam Station comes after an earlier arson attempt on Vigilance Police Station and similar acts at North Ruimveldt Multilateral School and Mabaruma Secondary School. It also follows repeated threats along the line by various officials of the APNU+AFC.
After all, Paul Slowe made a statement about the removal of debris from the Brickdam Police Station fire that had me screaming double standards from the top of my lungs. Slowe’s double standard is evident because he had no such concerns when the APNU+AFC government commenced removing debris two days after and before a proper investigation into the Camp Street prison fire which destroyed the facility and left prison officer Odinga Wickham dead. This makes me think he is political more than just concerned.
Just recently, I read that an official of the opposition warned during a protest march held by the coalition in New York that the country will be set on fire. Is this what they are hitting us with? And more recently, I read that a fire at the National Insurance Scheme was averted. Could this be linked to the opposition’s campaign of ‘Mo’fire, slow fire”?
Also, readers can recall that two men confessed a few months back to being paid by an APNU+AFC activist to set the GECOM Linden office on fire in 2020? Do you see the pattern with the recent spate of arson?
I think we as citizens should stay woke because the faces behind the arson attack on the Brickdam Police Station are yet to be revealed.

Yours truly,
Michael Younge

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