{"id":277491,"date":"2016-12-17T14:54:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=277491"},"modified":"2016-12-17T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T14:54:53","slug":"ndcs-call-for-self-defense-threat-to-ghanas-peace-rev-asante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/ndcs-call-for-self-defense-threat-to-ghanas-peace-rev-asante\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC’s call for self-defense threat to Ghana’s peace – Rev. Asante"},"content":{"rendered":"
Calls for political party supporters to defend themselves following the recent wave of post-election disturbances\u00a0are a threat to the nation’s peace and security, the Chairperson of the National Peace Council, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante has said.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, Rev. Asante said such calls were “a vote of no confidence in the security agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n His remarks come in the wake of a call by the Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Portuphy, for his party supporters to retaliate<\/a><\/strong><\/span> if they are attacked by purported supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n