A member of the group Ernest Appiah Dankwa earlier told Citi News that they vandalized a Kumasi based circuit court and freed 13 of their members facing trial because their leaders failed to honour their promise.

According to him, the party plotted with them to show up in court as it was only a formality because the 13 would certainly be freed.

But speaking to Citi News, Sam Pyne said the claims cannot be true and that the leadership of the party in the Ashanti Region had not met any of the Delta Force members on such issue.

“There is no truth or whatsoever in that statement from whoever is making that assertion because the regional party has not met with this matter of them going to court.”

Sam Pyne said “the last time we met we discussed how to talk to the members of the group for them not to misbehave again, that’s all.”

“I don’t know if somebody has told them anything or whatsoever, that is their own business but as to the regional party telling them to go to court and that we have spoken to people and all that wahala is an imagination of somebody. I will be a liar if I saw they are not known by the party.These are boys who provided services for the party, provided internal security among others. We know a lot of them, but we would never ask them to do such a thing at the court,” he added.

Sam Pyne also explained that they party does not pay Delta Force for services they render.

“We don’t pay them, they do mostly voluntary service. They have other means of livelihood they are engaged in. some of them are mechanics; some are into little businesses of their own,” he added.

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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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