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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has asked political parties in the country to denounce their vigilante groups to 'embolden' the Ghana Police Service.
Calls for the disbandment of various vigilante groups in the country increased after violence emerged during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election.
So far, the two major political parties: the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are known to have vigilante groups.
The IGP, who was speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, urged the parties “to immediately denounce their own vigilante groups to create the necessary awareness that will embolden the police. The truth is that if we prescribe a security solution to a politically motivated problem, you may only be reducing the pain but not curing the disease.”
"The police are poised to arrest and profile any group of people claiming to be vigilante groups irrespective of their political affiliation… death in the name of politics will no longer be tolerated in our security setting. We are declaring zero tolerance against political violence and vigilantism,” he added.
Calls To Resign
Several people across the political divide after the violence at Ayawaso West Wuogon By-election asked the IGP to resign.
According to them, he cannot stay in office after admitting that he was not aware Police vehicles and guns were being used during the by-election.
Others also feel he should resign for investigations to be carried out properly.
However, the IGP feels there's no need for him to resign.
“I don’t think my resignation or my being the IGP can influence any investigations in this country . . . Investigations cannot be influenced by me as the IGP,” he stated.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Who told you IGP was going to resign.Apuuuuuuuu. For where?
It looks like the IGP has not read and thought through his job spec. He is in charge of all operational issues of law and order in the country. If his political masters are influencing matters of operation he is obliged by law to refuse. If still they do not back off, he is free to resign and state it clearly in his resignation letter. He is however not going to resign because the place is sweet. Too sweet to be left for someone else. What is he going to do after resignation which will be equivalent to the largess he is enjoying at the moment. We have become a people who have no principles and morals despite churches springing up every where like mushrooms. The christian and religious leader are so unprincipled that it has and is having a detrimental effect on us. RESIGN IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO YOUR WORK as at the center of it is keeping law and order. We do not need your speeches.