The decision by the Principal State Attorney to drop charges against 8 members of pro-NPP vigilante group, Delta Force who were standing trial for storming a court and freeing some of their members is insulting, the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah has suggested. He said the decision showed that … Read more
www.3news.com has intercepted the report of no-evidence filed before the Kumasi Circuit Court Two by the Attorney General Department on Wednesday, May 17. The report led to the discharge of eight members of vigilante group Delta Force, much to the chagrin of many including government. Find below Senior State Attorney Marie Louise-Simmon’s report to the … Read more
The Attorney General is still studying the docket on the 13 members of pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group Delta Force standing trial for assaulting the Ashanti Region Security Coordinator. The case has, thus, been adjourned to Thursday, June 15. Sign up for GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com … Read more
A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba has described as a ‘cock and bull story’ the explanation by the Ministry of Information on the discharge of some members of pro-NPP vigilante group, Delta Forces on Wednesday. The members of the group were standing trial for forcibly entering a … Read more
Eight members of the vigilante group associated with the ruling New Patriotic Party, Delta Force, freed by Kumasi Circuit Court have vowed never to sacrifice themselves for the party again following neglect from the party while they stood trial before the law. The Kumasi Circuit Court today struck out a case in which eight members … Read more
Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Organiser Kofi Adams has said that the discharge of some eight members of vigilante group Delta Force by a Kumasi court on Wednesday was no surprise. He expressed the view that there were clear signs the government would not pursue the case to its logical conclusion. A Kumasi Circuit … Read more
The Director of the Transformation Programme of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent of Police (C/Supt), Dr Benjamin Agordzo, has called on the government to amend the Police Act to give the leadership of the Ghana Police Service a specific tenure of office. In a presentation at the first edition of Reflection on Security Series … Read more
Police in India say two Muslim men have been lynched by a mob which accused them of trying to steal cows for slaughter. The killings in the north-eastern state of Assam are the latest in a series of attacks blamed on hardline Hindus in recent months. Hindus consider cows sacred and killing them is illegal … Read more
Two Muslim men have died after they were attacked by Indian villagers who suspected them of stealing cows, police said Monday, the latest such attack over the animal Hindus consider sacred. Police in the northeastern state of Assam said they had registered a murder case over the deaths of Abu Hanifa and Riyazuddin Ali who … Read more
By Francis Kwarteng What a country! It’s being alleged that either Ibrahim Mahama or his company Engineers & Planners (E & P) issued some dud cheques to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), supposedly to cover some heavy equipment he imported into the country. However, there are a number of outstanding controversies surrounding who exactly may … Read more
Key developments that have happened since the inauguration of President Akuffo-Addo have attracted the concerns of many institutions who claim the security of the nation is at a dire state. The latest being the Policy Institute for International Relations and Security (PIIRES) which has listed key happening in the country threatening the peace and security … Read more
The Acting General Secretary, of the governing New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, has emphasized his party’s commitment to keeping its vigilante group. Some alleged pro NPP vigilante groups have gone on rampage taking over state property, attacking a law court and some government appointees since the party assumed the reins of government. There have been … Read more
A group believed to be members of pro-NPP vigilante group, Invincible Forces, Friday stormed the district National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) office at Zabzugu in the Northern Region and locked it up. The men numbering over 50 drove out the staff and deflated the tyres of vehicles belonging to the district assembly. Joy News’ Hashmin … Read more
The overly politicization of the country’s security agencies is to blame for the upsurge in vigilantism in the country according to the General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana Reverend Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong. He observes that most of them for fear of being victimized always kowtow to the whims and caprices of the politicians … Read more
The Attorney General (AG) has begun studying the case docket of the 13 members of the pro-New Patriotic Party vigilante group, Delta Force, who are standing trial for assaulting a public officer. Police prosecutor, ACP Okyere Darko, who announced this to the KMA Circuit Court in Kumasi Thursday when the 13 accused persons made their … Read more
Panelists on 3FM Late Edition Show have cautioned government to be more proactive in dealing with national security issues. Speaking on the achievements of the NPP government’s 100 days in office, a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress Kofi Kukubor lamented that government has failed woefully on national security issues. “Government needs to come … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reassured Ghanaians that he will not oversee a regime where people act with impunity and blatantly disregard the law. Reacting to recent developments in the Ashanti Region regarding the activities of the Delta Force, a vigilante group, he said: “In as much as the law enforcement agencies and the … Read more
The first 100 days of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has been described as “good” but with more room for improvement by the heads of two institutions, the National Peace Council (NPC) and the Christian Council of Ghana in separate interviews in Accra. However, the Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Yaw … Read more
Many a time, distinct activists, intercessors and politicians perceive the up rise of the vigilante groups (delta forces, invisible forces, Azorka boys, etc) as merely what it appears to be. Yes! As what it is (the law of identity). Their extent proposition being that, it is the lukewarm and ineffective nature of the security forces … Read more
A picture of aggrieved members of the Delta force The proliferation of vigilante groups in Africa and Ghana in particular, has been attributed by many scholars to the failure of the security services to guarantee safety. But this is only a part of the story. In the book “Global Policing Research and Practice” it is … Read more