The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has restated its commitment to prohibit the deployment of vigilante groups in the 2024 elections.
This pledge was made explicit on the margins of an event organized by the National Peace Council, during which a committee was formed to implement a code of conduct addressing vigilantism and election violence ahead of the 7 December elections.
In an interview with the media in Accra, the Director of Finance and Administration for the New Patriotic Party, William Yamoah, emphasized the party’s intention to eschew vigilantism before, during, and after the elections.
“We believe in the institutions of this country and that is the police service, the military or the Ghana armed forces. We don’t believe in any groups of people who act as vigilante groups or security and I want to take you back a bit.
“We recently had our internal elections and we entrusted everything to the care of the police and then there were no incidents or chaos or violence-related incidents at any of the centres.
“So if even our own internal activities we entrusted the security operations to the care of the security then that should give you the assurance that NPP believes in the institutions of this country.”
