FORMER Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has urged President Akufo-Addo to disband all political vigilante groups in order to promote national security.
A statement signed and issued by him and copied to Today yesterday in Accra stated that “as we commemorated the day Ghana became a Republic, the occasion gives us an opportunity to reflect on some aspects of national life which were supposed to be enhanced by Ghana becoming a Republic.”
According to him, the continued existence in Ghana of outlaw vigilante groups, such as Invisible Forces, Khandahar Boys and Delta Forces, pose a huge risk to the security and safety of Ghanaians as well as to the millions of foreigners residing in Ghana.
“l wish to call on the President of the Republic of Ghana and Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in government to wake up from their slumber and disband the various armed or semi-armed vigilante groups that were trained and prepared for mayhem before the 2016 elections,” he stressed.
He described the existence of political vigilante groups in Ghana as illegal.
This notwithstanding, Dr. Spio-Garbrah further called on religious organisations, academia, the law enforcement agencies, and other governance and pro-democracy groups to raise their voices loudly on this matter.
He was of the view that the lawlessness and indiscipline has engulfed the nation and expected the President and the security agencies to take more serious action on the issue.
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