{"id":592261,"date":"2019-02-15T19:57:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"

IGP, David Asante Apeatu, says people who disturb the peace of the country will be dealt with irrespective of their political affiliation.<\/p>

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IGP, David Asante Apeatu, says people who disturb the peace of the country will be dealt with irrespective of their political affiliation.<\/p>\n

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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), David Asante Apeatu has directed political parties to denounce vigilante groups claiming allegiance to them\u00a0with immediate effect.<\/p>\n

According to the IGP, it is against the country\u2019s laws for political parties to have such groups that have recently been disturbing the peace of the country.<\/p>\n

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are the two leading political parties with most number of vigilante groups in the country.<\/p>\n

In Septemeber last year, the opposition NDC\u2019s General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia\u00a0defended the fresh emergence of vigilante groups within the party.<\/p>\n

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He told Joy News’ Kwesi Parker-Wilson, the emergence of groups like Hawks is “an appropriate natural response” to the failure of the Akufo-Addo government to rein in its party vigilante groups.<\/p>\n

“I endorse it fully,”\u00a0the NDC mastermind refused to condemn the Hawks which is the latest group. Other groups include ‘The Dragons’ based in the Brong Ahafo region and ‘The Lions’ based in the Eastern region.\u00a0<\/p>\n

General Mosquito as he is popularly called proceeded to list several pieces of evidence of insecurity created under the NPP government.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said the NDC while in government watched on while the NPP formed groups like Delta Force based in the Ashanti region, Kandahar Boys based in the Northern region and the Invincible Forces based in the capital, Accra.<\/p>\n

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