{"id":603353,"date":"2019-03-29T16:32:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T16:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 -->\n<!-- <div id='div-gpt-ad-1550929497923-0' style='float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;'>\n\n<\/div> -->\n<!-- 27th April (1month) - UHAS -->\n<div style=\"float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; "},"modified":"2019-03-29T16:32:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T16:32:12","slug":"video-interior-minister-discusses-pro-npp-militia-group-de-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/29\/video-interior-minister-discusses-pro-npp-militia-group-de-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Interior minister discusses pro-NPP militia group, De Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/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<!-- 27th April (1month) - UHAS --><\/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\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">Politicians have a reputation for rendering truth as malleable as corn-starch. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">They develop over the years, a talent for twisting and bending the truth into whatever shape is required to fill the jagged holes punched in their integrity. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-1 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">In this regard, Ambrose Dery is no ordinary politician. Ghana\u2019s Interior minister is a straight-talking lawyer with a towering reputation in both the legal and political fraternities &#8211; a man who picks his words carefully, and would rather stay silent, than speak only to be called a liar.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">As the Minister responsible for the Interior, his own reputation is currently vulnerable to hole-punching, following the revelations in the Joy News Report on Militia in the heart of the Nation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-2 --><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RdZSOkMxET8\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><br \/><i><b>Watch Joy News documentary \u2018Militia in the heart of the nation\u2019<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">The revelation of a self-acclaimed vigilante group, De Eye, trained by ex-military officers, illegally taking up residence and running drills within the walls of the Christianbourg Castle in Osu, has sparked nationwide controversy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">Some elements in the Administration have vehemently defended government, seeking to create distance from the group, which is led by the President\u2019s former bodyguard. Other elements have sought to explain away the actions of the De-Eye Group, making strenuous efforts to discredit the media that exposed the group and its activities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">Amidst all the controversy, there remain serious questions to be answered, regarding (among other things) the role of the police in the eviction, and subsequent failure to arrest any leaders, of the De-Eye group, as well as the fact that Mr Dery\u2019s Interior Ministry confirmed they had not licensed the self-confessed vigilante\/militia group to operate as a security company \u2013 even though they advertised themselves asuch on their website.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">With these questions and more bursting out of the quiver of Joy News\u2019 Kojo Yankson, the Honourable Member of Parliament for Nandom, sat down in a comfy leather armchair set against a fiery orange abstract art background in the Presidential Suite of the Tang Palace Hotel, for an exclusive interview.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif\">Would Dery remain his soft-spoken, straight-shooting self? 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