Stop Vigilantism – Alex Segbefia warns

 

Alex Segbefia

Ghana could end up with the Boko Haram scenario if vigilante groups are not disbanded but rather some members are given arms and drafted into the security services.

According to the Deputy Campaign Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alex Segbefia, arming vigilante groups is very dangerous to the nation.

Vigilante groups are mostly created by some members of the two leading political parties [NDC and NPP] and in recent times have gained momentum with the numbers rising significantly.

“Don’t arm people in this nature [vigilantism]. We will end up if not careful with the Boko Haram scenario”, he told an Accra based radio station monitored by MyNewsGh.com

Mr Segbefia who was a former Health Minister emphasized “so we read this at the peace council that you have narrowed the scope of what is happening now in Ghana to narrowly.”

“You must expand it and deal with the issue on the larger scale”, he added.

He already said the NDC had disbanded all vigilante groups.

According to him, the party has given instructions for all not to recognize vigilante groups.

Background

The political vigilantism dialogue was instituted by the National Peace Council following the violence that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election in 2019.Despite earlier disagreements, the NPP and NDC committed to the dialogue and indicated their preparedness to end the menace.

The dialogue was meant to focus on examining the draft roadmap and code of conduct prepared by the Technical Committee as part of steps to tackle the menace.The 31-page road map has what the parties need to do in the short, medium and long term to eradicate political vigilantism from Ghana’s political dispensation.