The party said it condemns the bloody attack that sought to forcibly remove the appointee from office.

A group of angry youth who are members of Delta Force, allegedly affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), on Friday morning stormed the premises of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council, demanding the removal of the Regional Security Coordinator, George Adjei.

They destroyed some properties in a bloody attack and forced the Security Coordinator out of his office.

The Security coordinator was however saved by the timely intervention of the police.

But according to the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, the development required national security involvement rather than party leadership since the victim of the attack was a government appointee.

Sam Pyne told Citi News, “It is not a party matter because it is not a party appointment. The person was appointed by the president to work for the nation Ghana. He wasn’t appointed to be an NPP officer. The group that went there was not authorised by the party to do that. The national security that is supposed to deal with that matter should deal with it. I condemn that action by the group but national security should take it up.”

“I’m going to have a discussion with leaders of the group and also the Regional Security Council are going to meet on that too,” he added.

Meanwhile, the police have launched a manhunt to arrest persons who were involved in the crime.

They have also beefed at security at the National Coordinating Council to avert any further attacks.

In a related development, the former Minister for Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur has called on President Akufo-Addo to as a matter of urgency work to end the unlawful activities of vigilante groups in the country.

According her, the activities of the groups in the country leaves dire national security implications on the country thus, must not be tolerated.

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According her, the activities of the groups in the country leaves dire national security implications on the country thus, must not be tolerated.

[contextly_sidebar id=”Hmt9e1dpZfRqUAzto5jC6beYkVhnbFSU”]Nana Oye-Lithur, also a Human Rights Lawyer and Campaigner, in her letter bemoaned the various incidents of violence and clashes undertaken by some of the vigilante groups loyal of the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) government including a recent report of one of the groups, Delta Force, violently attacking and forcing the Ashanti Regional security coordinator, George Adjei out of his office on Friday, March 24, 2017.

She said the peace the country had enjoyed over the years must not be allowed to be eroded by such unfortunate activities.

According to her, the issue must be made a major priority by the government and the various security agencies must be fully involved to arrest the situation.

Read her letter below:

Mr. President, Minister of Interior, National Security Advisor, please address with urgency, the operation of vigilante groups and the unlawful extra judicial unorthodox methods being used by the Invincible Forces, Delta Force and other vigilante groups to seek justice or address issues in Ghana.

We have read news reports this evening, 24th March, 2017, that the Delta Force, a vigilante group of the NPP, has forced the Ashanti Regional National Security Director out of his office.

The forceful removal of a lawfully appointed public official was violent and blood was shed, with Government property being destroyed.

This adds on to the list of forceful seizure and management of state property, that is, the Kintampo Falls tourist facility, seizure of toll booths, seizure of vehicles etc. These unlawful acts have dire national security implications.

For four months and since elections were held in Ghana on 7th December, 2016, there have been numerous reports of extra judicial and unlawful violent acts by these groups.

Ghanaians are peace loving and law abiding. We have been sustained as a nation by respect for the rule of law. We do not want this violence to escalate, neither do we want this situation to degenerate.

I strongly urge our national security agencies to get a grip of this national security issue and solve this security problem.

This should be a top priority for Government. Protect our right to security, our right to human dignity and preserve the rule of law in Ghana. Freedom and Justice.

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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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