{"id":462029,"date":"2018-02-06T21:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/we-will-start-carrying-guns-apaak\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T21:00:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:00:20","slug":"we-will-start-carrying-guns-apaak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/we-will-start-carrying-guns-apaak\/","title":{"rendered":"We will start carrying guns \u2013 Apaak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  6 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96454788.295.jpg\" alt=\"Apaak Name\" title=\"Apaak Name\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dr. Clement Apaak, Member of Parliament for Builsa South<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517950820_690_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak, has served notice that Minority members of the House will arm themselves as a protective measure henceforth.<\/p>\n<p>His comment followed reports that Parliament recruited a private firm whose members were alleged to be drawn from the dreaded vigilante groups affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) such as the Invisible Forces, Delta Forces among others to provide MPs protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go and bring Invisible Forces and when we are saying it, you say people are talking about rumours. We shall see. We are all here. We will all start carrying guns. When we hear gun fight here we will come,\u201d Dr. Apaak, who is a former presidential staffer, said.<\/p>\n<p>The acting Public Affairs Director of Parliament, Kate Addo confirmed to Starr News last month that Parliament recruited new security personnel and were undergoing training to familiarize with how Parliament works.<\/p>\n<p>She denied claims that the recruits were drawn from vigilante forces affiliated to the governing NPP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true that Parliament, before we went on recess, had augmented the number of Policemen in Parliament. But it\u2019s also true that it had employed new security men who are being trained about how Parliament works and who are being familiarized with the various surroundings of Parliament,\u201d she stated on Starr Today on January 29, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cIn the past few weeks over the weekend these young men have been coming for various orientations and physical training programme in Parliament\u2026now the Saturday\u2019s training coincided with the special sitting of the House where the Rt. Honourable Speaker was sworn in as acting president of the Republic of Ghana following the absence from the jurisdiction of president Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat explained why they were there [but] as to whether they belong to a particular political party or not I\u2019d not be able to speak to that but I do not know that. 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