Lawyer and politician, Nkrabea Effah Darteh has expressed frustrations about what he calls the capricious and arbitrary use of powers by the

Speaking on Joy FM's Thought Leadership programme, Effah Dartey said the BNI's recent attitude of disobeying court orders is an affront to Ghana's laws.

"...I can guarantee it is very painful to go to see your client at the BNI.

"It is terrible, it is terrible...I say this with emotion", he added.

"Nobody will answer any question of yours... "Even where to park your car is a problem," the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region said.

Nkrabea Effah Darteh further wondered why the BNI failed in investigating recent ethnocentric comments by the former Transport minister, Dzifa Attivor.

Attivor, who resigned as  transport minister in the wake of the GHC3.6 million metro mass branding saga, asked Voltarians to vote for the National Democratic Congress because she will be jailed should the New Patriotic Party win the November 7 elections.

According to her, the NPP has a record of persecuting Ewes, citing the prosecution of Victor Selormey and Dan Abodakpi.

Effah Dartey believes that if the BNI were really interested in achieving national security, then the comments from the former Transport minister should have caught their attention.

However, political scientist, Dr. Kwesi Aning has said an attack on the BNI will not be ideal considering the terror threats being imposed on African countries and the world as a whole.

He argued that the BNI has helped reduce drug trafficking in the country and provided Ghanaians "freedom from want and freedom from fear."

The BNI came under some public criticism during the arrest of the three ex-South African cops who had arrived in Ghana to train the security detail of the NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo.

The three faced  three counts of unlawful training, conspiracy to commit crime and engaging in unauthorised military activity, charges they pleaded not guilty to and were subsequently granted bail.Even before bail conditions will be satisfied, BNI officials whisked the three away to the Regional BNI Headquarters where they have been.

This caused public anger, especially from members of the NPP who believed that the action by the BNI was an affront to the country's judiciary and an embarrassment to the country's democracy as a whole.