President Akufo-Addo reiterated his position that the laws of the country will crack the whip on political party vigilante groups, but many have brushed off his comments as usual rhetoric from government.<\/p>\n
In response to the growing public dissent, the Interior Minister has now charged the police service to crack down on vigilante groups in a bid to arrest the growing threat.<\/p>\n
He has directed the\u00a0 Police Commanders have to ensure that vigilantes are arrested and put before court or face sanctions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President has made it clear, and I have repeated it time without number that we must arrest all those who breach the law without any exception; regardless of party colour and regardless of position. The police\u2019s job is to make sure that they enforce the law. They don\u2019t need to be told, but we have a President who has said that they must do so. Let me make it clear that now if there is vigilantism in any part of the country, the police in that area must either arrest the perpetrators, investigate and bring them before justice or the Commander must be sanctioned\u201d Ambrose Dery said whilst addressing the Central Regional Police Command at Cape Coast on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there is any vigilantism is in your area, you must investigate and bring them to book otherwise the commander of that area \u2013 be it the village, district or regional commanders – must be sanctioned, we must stop it. When incidents occur, you either tell us you\u2019ve arrested the perpetrators and are investigating or you are sanctioned. Whoever it is that\u2019s supposed to sanction but doesn\u2019t do so, will be sanctioned as well. We don\u2019t want any more stories.\u201d<\/p>\n
A number of critics have accused the government of failing to ensure the perpetrators of vigilantism are sanctioned, with many suggesting that even the ones who are arrested and prosecuted are \u201ctreated with kid gloves<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"delta-force-arrested\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Delta-Force-arrested.jpg\")
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