It’s becoming clear that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is busily forming vigilante groups for the 2020 general elections.
According to sources, the groups are also being armed to form militia for the 2020 polls.
Heavily built men, known in local parlance as ‘Macho men,’ have been recruited for groups which have been given various names such as ‘Hawks’, ‘Dragons’ and ‘Lions’.
The groups were on display across the country during the just-ended Regional Delegates’ Congress of the NDC.
The vigilante groups appear to have different names, depending on the region they come from.
In the Ashanti Region, for instance, the group is called ‘The Hawks’ while in Brong Ahafo, they are called “The Dragons.’
In the Eastern Region, they call themselves ‘The Lions.’
The Hawks were on duty when former President John Mahama led the NDC ‘Unity Walk’ in the Ashanti Region.
These groups carried out their duties during the congress, and a source told DAILY GUIDE that the NDC is using them to test the grounds ahead of the 2020 election.
During the NDC’s Eastern Regional Congress held at Apegusu Senior High School in the Asuogyaman District, members of the vigilante group ‘The Lions’ were there to provide security.
They particularly provided security for John Owusu Amankrah, popularly known as Jowak, a businessman and former regional chairman who staged a comeback to defeat the incumbent Bismarck Tawiah Boateng for the position of Chairman.
At the Sunyani Jubilee Park when issues of missing names in the register were detected by some of the delegates and there was confusion, members of ‘The Dragons’ rushed to the stage to prevent some disgruntled delegates from moving to the dais to lodge complaints with the election committee.
At the Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School (SHS), where the NDC Ashanti held its congress, former deputy minister Joseph Yamin stormed the venue with ‘The Hawks’ and later justified their presence.
“What went into my defeat is something that I can tell. I am not sure we are trying to conclude that vigilantism in political parties should be discarded. These are people we call taskforce and they have a role to play,” he told Joy FM.
He said “delegates play their role, taskforces play their role. Council of elders has its role. These are groupings within every political party and so we will continue to have our taskforce,” he stressed.
According to him, members of the hawks are not as disruptive as members of the vigilante groups in the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“We are going to use them for the good of the party and the country,” he said.
‘The Hawks’ appeared to have been ‘outdoored’ when the NDC held its so-called Unity Walk in Kumasi in late April when former President John Mahama was in attendance.
They have since been moving around the country presumably to provide security for the party during ‘Unity Walks’ or special events of the party.
Currently, members of ‘The Hawks’ provide security at the NDC’s Headquarters at Adabraka anytime there is a big event there.
After the Unity Walk in Kumasi, some NDC gurus in the Ashanti Region like Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh justified the formation of ‘The Hawks’ by saying that it was an ‘answer’ to the Invincible and Delta Forces of the ruling NPP.
“If they have Invincible Forces, we also have The Hawks, and so we will see,” the former Ejisu/Juabeng Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) said.
He stressed that ‘The Hawks’ of the NDC would not foment any trouble in the country as compared to the NPP’s ‘Invincible Forces’ or ‘Delta Forces’.
In spite of the presence of the ‘The Hawks’ in Kumasi, the NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu-Nketia said he did not know about the existence of such groups in the NDC.
“We, in the NDC, want peace in the country; we will not foment any trouble in the country,” he said after the ‘Unity Walk’.
Source: Daily Guide
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Please Ghana is not for you guys so please stop all this"***barred word***"and think of what to do #the so called peaceful and untied party.
If this news is something to go by, then it tells all Ghanaians how politicians can ***barred word*** some debased people. Many of them schooled including their children outside, come back to reduce peoples people to things of no significance. Ghanaians are watching!!
Kofi Adams has challenged the existence of such group, now Asiedu Nketia say he supports the formation. Hmmmmmmm
ARE YOU SURPRISED? AFTER ALL, MOSQUITOES, HAWKS, LIONS AND DRAGONS ARE ALL CREATURES. WE WILL GET REPLANTS FOR THE MOSQUITOES, EAGLES FOR THE HAWKS AND AK47 FOR THE LIONS AND DRAGONS. SO NO PROBLEM AT ALL WE ARE PREPARED FOR THEM.
LAZY MENTALLY CHALLENGE PEOPLE.THESE PEOPLE ARE BRAIN DEAD.THEY CANNOT EVEN WIPE THEIR OWN ASSH0OLLE.THEY FOLLOW POLITICIANS BEFORE THEY CAN EAT WHILE THE CHINES WORK SO HARD AND STEAL THEIR GOLD..HAHAHAHAHA.ID/OIOOOOTSSS WAIT WHEN YOU ARE 60 YEARS AND SEE IF YOU WILL GET PENSION FOR BEING A HAWK,AND LION.F0/OOLSS
Ghanaians should pray for next election
Backward country with backward people willing to trade common sense for dirty and unintelligent politicians. No wonder it’s a S hole country!
Kofi, let them bring sea lions, whales, sharks whatever ndc will lose. They can never,ever snatch boxes Ghanaians will show them where power lies, even their own people in Agbogblonshie beat up their Hawks, hahahahahaha! they should bring it on! the people of Denkyira Boase and Atiwa are all over waiting for their ***barred word*** and nons*nse, we shall crush them like bulldozer walking over eggs! John mahama will never be president again ,never in Ghana ndc can create their own state and name it the republic of the ndc who cares? Ghanaians are angry at the ndc for the ste*ling ,corruption, insults,arrogance and the disrespect for our leaders and you think we think and act like you ,and you think we the Ghanaian people are afraid of you? Bring your hawks and we will shoot them down, you can't threaten anybody in Ghana for power! Ghanaians will fight you back to show to you there are men in every home! nkwase*sem kwa! is Ghana for the ndc? after all most of your members are foreigners and if this us*less groups are formed to intimidate the NIA who are registering authentic and true Ghanaians for the Ghana card ene3 moato pete tuo! we will meet you with equal measure! you think we are playing with you? This is our country and we will defend and protect it.
Ahg so you ppl have still not learrnt that the ppl you are protecting and for which you call yourselves lions, hawk,snakes, dragons and jargons have their children abroad and you are here fighting? May your eyes be open to see that very soon no body will queue to vote in gh cos its the same 2 groups of daaaaa.mmmm.nnn blasty layas
No wonder the source