General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said Ghana is under threats of being overtaken by terrorist groups if government doesn’t put in the appropriate measures to curb the frequency of acts perpetrated by vigilante groups in the country.
According to him, the odds of the country experiencing attacks from extremists like Nigerians are in recent times by Boko Haram militants is very high taking into cognisance the fact that such groups started their activities on the same grounds as the NPP vigilante groups.
Speaking to the international community at a socialist forum held in Germany, Mr. Nketia compared the recent acts of violence by the NPP vigilante groups to that of the Boko Haram’s in Nigeria.
“Comrades, these developments in Ghana are too similar to the antecedents of the Boko Haram incidents in Nigeria. Our Nigerian friends who are here will tell you that Boko Haram started as groups of political vigilantes, trained by politicians for electoral purposes and they grew out of control, we don’t want to see that in Ghana”.
He called for immediate interventive measures from government to curb lawlessness perpetrated by some NPP vigilante groups in recent times and or publicly declare their incapability to protect citizens as is mandated them. He also urged the international community to mount pressure on government to produce results as far as the issue of vigilantism and violence in Ghana are concerned.
“We urge the international community, to do whatever it takes, to call on the sitting government in Ghana to either act or declare their inability to run the country because we handed a peaceful Ghana over to them, we would want to take over a peaceful Ghana from them in 2020”, he said.
Vigilantism in the country has become a major issue of concern in Ghana particularly prior to and following the NPP’s assumption of office in January. Several acts of vigilantism have been carried out by some youth wings of the NPP; seizure of toll booths and public toilets, lock up of some public offices including the NHIS offices in Bodi and Eastern Region and the school feeding office in Tamale, attacks on some public officers including the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, George Adjei and Dr. Prosper Akambong of the Tamale Teaching Hospital among others.
They also stormed a court process to interrupt a hearing involving some of their colleagues and free the suspects in the Ashanti Region.
President Nana Akufo-Addo in wake of these incidents, charged the police to deal with the matter.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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You go to international platform put this out there to them. The same country you are seeking to govern. The same country you wanted it to be better with better Ghana agenda. You want the country to stand still or even get worse because it is not your party that is in power. Clearly you don't have the country at heart, you only have the interest of your party and your selfish interest at heart. Ghana suffers because of people like this in leadership and unfortunately we hail such people because they can talk with little wisdom
Please ARREST this rat (Asiedu Nketia) as soon as possible..he is the mastermind of all the troubles in Ghana. He has links to Al-Shabab, Boko Haram, and AL-QAEDA. He was the brains behind the 2 Guantanamo prisoners who were brought to Ghana. FROM A WHISTLE BLOWER!
NPP AND ALL GHANAIANS SHOULD BE AWARE AND BE REMINDED THAT THE ONLY CAMPAIGN TOOL THE NDC USES WHEN IN OPPOSITION IS "LIES." THEY DID EXACTLY THAT IN 2008, AND WILL SAME IN 2020. IN 2008, THE NDC NEVER CAMPAIGNED ON PAST ACHIEVEMENTS OF NDC/PNDC UNDER JJ RAWLINGS. BUT ALL THEIR CAMPAIGNERS HAD SOMEONE IN THE NPP GOVERNMENT WHO WAS CORRUPT AND WOULD GO TO JAIL IF THERE WAS CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT. RAWLINGS IN PARTICULAR LIKENED KUFOUR TO THE HARDENED CRIMINAL AND ***barred word***, ATAA AYI. JJ MADE IT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT KUFOUR WAS THE BRAIN BEHIND THE MURDER OF THE DAGBON CHIEF, YAANAA YAKUBU ADANI. HE EVEN SAID HE HAD IN HIS POSSESSION A RECORDED TAPE IMPLICATING THE THEN PRESIDENT. AND THE PROPAGANDA LIES WORKED VERY WELL TO THEIR BENEFIT: MANY GHANAIAN BOUGHT INTO THEIR LIES. NDC WON THE 2008 ELECTION, RULED FOR 8 YEARS, YET AS MUCH AS THEY TRIED, NOT ONE NPP APPOINTEE WAS FOUND GUIĹTY OF CORRUPTION. AND NOT ONE CEDI OF STOLEN MONEY WAS RECOVERED FROM THE ALLEGED CORRUPT NPP MINISTERS AND APPOINTEES. AND JJ RAWLINGS' ALLEGED RECORDED TAPE ON YAANAA'S MURDER COULD NOT BE GIVEN TO THE COURTS UNTIL THIS DAY. IT WAS ALL LIES AND PROPAGANDA FROM THE ONLY PARTY IN GHANA THAT EVER HAD A POSITION FOR "NATIONAL PROPAGANDA SECRETARY" - NDC IS PARTY OF LIARS! TODAY, THE NDC IN OPPOSITION HAS STARTED EARLY TO CONFUSE THE PEOPLE OF GHANA WITH LIES. SEEING THE PROGRESS THE AKUFO-ADDO GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IN ONLY 10 MONTHS, THE NDC IS AFRAID NPP'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN 4 YEARS WILL DWARF ALL THE NDC GREEN BOOK ACHIEVEMENTS OF 8 YEARS. AND SO THE LIES PROPAGANDA HAS STARTED EARLY AND VIGOROUSLY. BEWARE NPP, BE WARNED GHANA!
THE GREAT GENERAL HAS SPOKEN. GENERAL YOU ARE TOO MUCH
If any, it all started with the 'I no go sit down make them cheat us everyday time during the PNDC'. People were killed, Managers were thrown out from their offices all in the name of a so-called revolution. Where were you, Mr Mosquito? Nothing happened to those so-called cadres! You compare Ghana to boko haram? In your dreams! Ghana is working AGAIN under Nana Addo. NDC in opposition for a LOOOOOOONG time! FREE SHS, SP, One District on Factory, revived NHIS, etc are all here! NDC opposition for a LOOOOOOOONG Years!
Asiedu nnkattee all your political contributions are NOT relevant anymore in Ghana so pls just be quiet and enjoy your CLS booty so the brains will make Ghana work again. Ghana is going digital which is way above all ndc members thinking from john mahama down to appiah stadium. Ndc shd forget about coming to power anywhere soon. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU
your views are not too important to Ghanaian's.., so many cases of corruptions under NDC your name has been mentioned... moreover you not original Ghanaian your identity is known to everyone.. so shut the hell up...!
JUST AS VIGILANTISM CAN LEAD TO TERRORISM IN ANY STATE, SO IS STEA-L-LI-NG FROM STATE COFFERS CAN LEAD TO UNDER DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRIES. SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THIS WALKING DEAD BEAT OF A GENERAL SECRETARY OF THIS RE-NE-GAD-ES PARADING AS A POLITICAL PARTY EVER LISTEN TO HIMSELF. WHO MOBILIZED THE RIFF-RAFFS OF THEIR SUPPORTERS TO THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHANTING WAR SONGS AND WIELDING EVERY OFFENSIVE WEAPONS THEY COULD LAY THEIR HANDS ON? WHO LED THEM LIKE A WAR LORD? PLEASE CRY YOUR OWN CRY AND LEAVE DESCENT GHANAIANS TO HELP THIS GOVERNMENT TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN. A POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK. NSEMF** ARA KWA.