Griffith urges Govt to purchase armoured vehicles now

In a release sent to the media, Griffith said there was a specific reason that Government wanted to order a number of Armoured Personnel Carriers while he was in the ministry in 2004.

“Assault rifles with 5.56 ammunition, apart from rapid fire, have the capability, when fired, to at times penetrate vehicles,” Griffith said.

“It was in anticipation of such an expected response whereby our law enforcement officials may be confronted by criminal elements with such fire-power. But what was done instead was a witch hunt to dismantle critical assets and policies that would be instrumental to peg back criminal elements, inclusive of assets to protect our officers in the line of