The leadership of the People’s National Convention (PNC), wishes to express its deepest sorrow about the passing on of one of our loyal and strong fellows, comrade Moses Alando. Indeed, not only has the death of our beloved comrade and compatriot shocked every member of the PNC family, it has also heightened our concerns about the guaranteed safety of those of us still living given the circumstance under which he died.

As its being reported, he was shot on the 12th of November 2009 at around 8:00 pm on his way back to the house after performing national duty (saving lives at the health centre). The PNC condemns this barbaric and atrocious murder of Comrade Alando which we describe as nothing but an act of terrorism.

This certainly is a serious matter and we expect that the security agencies will step up their investigations to ascertain who are behind this unfortunate and dastardly incident. More so, we expect that government will show optimal interest in this case because if it is not well investigated and justice ensured, it has the tendency to spiral out of control with consequences which may not be desirable. We say this guided by the near- chaos situation that greeted news of his demise in Nalerigu. In our view, anything that affects any person(s) directly, indirectly affects us all.

Again, much as we trust in the capacity of the security to unravel this mystery, we must also state that this should be done as soon is humanly practicable. The longer this takes, the greater the possibility of justice being strangled thereby prolonging the state of insecurity among citizens. We also wish to once again express our sincerest condolences to the bereaved family. We pray that they are given the necessary strength and fortitude to stand this tide of trial and agony. We assure them we will be with them physically and spiritually throughout these hard moments. We also like to appeal to our members in the constituency to remain calm. As a party, this is a trying time for us but we have no shred of doubt that together we can overcome it.

May the Lord accept our departed comrade in to his bosom and grant his soul eternal peace.

Bernard Mornah (General Secretary)