Former President John Mahama says that the increasing incidence of political vigilantism and hooliganism in the country perpetrated by foot soldiers of the ruling NPP is a result of what the party has nurtured its supporters to become.
Over the past weeks, aggrieved party supporters in the Northern Region have engaged in lawless acts by locking up the offices of the Regional Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme.
The group calling itself “Burma Camp” claimed they were doing so because of some decisions taken by the managers of the programme which were not in tandem with their position.
Also, a few days ago, there was a clash between supporters of feuding NPP executives at the Karaga constituency in the Northern region, they vandalized party properties and later stormed the police station to free two suspects on Tuesday.
The violence started Monday, October 23, with an attack on the Youth Employment Coordinator who doubles as the constituency youth organizer, Mohamed Baba, over the appointment of some youth into the security service.
Furthermore, some rampaging youth believed to be sympathizers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Gwollu, the capital of the Sissala West District in the Upper West Region, last Thursday, stormed the precincts of the Assembly and locked up the District Chief Executive, Mohammed Bakor in his office.
They accused the DCE of engaging in “divide and rule” tactics and failing to address their concerns.
Due to the series of attacks staged by the youth of the NPP, the immediate past President of Ghana, John Mahama in a Facebook post said: ”When you sow the wind, you reap a whirlwind!
Political ‘vigilantism’ is spiralling out of control and government doesn’t appear to be able to deal with the situation. And the tragedy is that most of our moral society have become passive spectators”
Source: otecfmghana.com
