{"id":434770,"date":"2017-11-06T16:25:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T16:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/06\/perpetrators-wont-escape-the-law-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-11-06T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T16:25:27","slug":"perpetrators-wont-escape-the-law-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/06\/perpetrators-wont-escape-the-law-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Perpetrators won\u2019t escape the law \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"> <\/aside>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo has emphasised his commitment to stamp out the disturbing phenomenon of vigilantism gaining roots under his regime.<\/p>\n<p>He said he\u2019s respect for the rule of law and will maintain orderliness, insisting \u201cI will do everything in my power to arrest its development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some vigilante groups affiliated to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been on rampage since the change of government with the recent being an attack on members of the the Ada East District Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>At least 20 attacks under the aegis of vigilante groups linked to the NPP have taken place in Ghana after the December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the NDC have vehemently condemned the riotous behaviour of the NPP youth urging the law enforcement agency to deal ruthlessly with the perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>But President Akufo-Addo has assured, he\u2019ll move away from the path of other political regime that practically were sluggish in bringing to book the criminal misdeeds of their followers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI will not walk the path others trod who found it convenient to turn a blind eye to the criminal misdeeds of their followers and took no action, as it would displease them. I am walking another path, the path of making reality the principle of the rule of law, the idea of equality of every citizen before the law. Wrongdoers wear no political colours. They are just wrongdoers, and will be dealt with as such.\u201d Mr Akufo-Addo said in a Facebook post hours ago.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>SEE Prez. 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