{"id":597422,"date":"2019-03-08T17:13:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"<br><p>The NPP legislator for Kpandai Constituency in the Northern Region also condemned the De-Eye Group's use of the Christiansborg Castle as its meeting place and office.<\/p><div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 -->\n<!-- <div id='div-gpt-ad-1550"},"modified":"2019-03-08T17:13:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:13:05","slug":"arrest-prosecute-de-eye-militia-group-npp-mp-backs-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/08\/arrest-prosecute-de-eye-militia-group-npp-mp-backs-minority\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest, prosecute De-Eye militia group &#8211; NPP MP backs Minority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>The NPP legislator for Kpandai Constituency in the Northern Region also condemned the De-Eye Group&#8217;s use of the Christiansborg Castle as its meeting place and office.<\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 --><br \/>\n<!-- \n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1550929497923-0' style='float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n --><br \/>\n<!-- 22nd March (1month) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/glauc-new.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1830378809\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Majority in Parliament have supported the call by the Minority for the arrest and prosecution of members of the militia group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) that trained at the Presidency Annex.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Mathew Nyindam, condemned activities of De-Eye Group, which used the Christiansborg Castle, Osu as their operational base and office.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-1 --><\/p>\n<p>Joy News investigative report on activities of the group reveals the group has two offices at this state building as the secretariat of the Group and another as the office of the Commander.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>De-Eye Group is divided into four units \u2013 Alpha, Chalie, Delta, and the Special Unit. The Commander of this group is Nana Wireko Addo, popularly known as \u2018Choman\u2019, a former personal bodyguard of the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-2 --><\/p>\n<p><b>Read also:\u00a0The pro-NPP militia which trains at Presidency Annex<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RdZSOkMxET8\" width=\"650\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I watched it [documentary] keenly and I realised that, yes, it is a concern to every Ghanaian,&#8221; Mr. Nyindam stated in an interview with Joy News correspondent in Parliament, Joseph Opoku Gakpo, Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP legislator for Kpandai Constituency in the Northern Region also condemned the De-Eye Group&#8217;s use of the Christiansborg Castle as its meeting place and office describing it as an &#8220;abuse of incumbency&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/1772804969766_1755700957443.jpeg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3143627450\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Reaction<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Minority in Parliament demanded that\u00a0President Nana Akufo-Addo\u00a0abdicates office immediately following the revelations in the documentary which they say has\u00a0a damning national security threat right under his nose.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p>The Parliamentarians say Akufo-Addo has \u201clost all moral right\u201d to occupy the high office after evidence suggests his complicity in the operations of the\u00a0private militia at\u00a0the seat of government annex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe insist that Nana Akufo-Addo must resign as President of the Republic of Ghana with immediate effect,\u201d Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi said with cheers from his colleagues while addressing the media in Parliament Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p><b>Response<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p>In his reaction however, Mr. Nyimdam was emphatic that President Nana Akufo-Addo had no knowledge of the activities of the group neither does the group enjoy any support from the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot state on authority that the state is sponoring that group, when I watched the video there was nothing that suggested that the state is sponroing those people,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1559506714349564\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NPP legislator for Kpandai Constituency in the Northern Region also condemned the De-Eye Group&#8217;s use of the Christiansborg Castle as its meeting place and office. 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