The attacks carried out by the Delta Forces vigilante group must be condemned and the culprits prosecuted, Webster University lecturer Esther Armah has said.
Ms Armah, who was a guest on Class FM’s World Affairs on Friday April 7, criticised how “politics is influencing violence” in the country and urged the country’s leadership to exhibit action beyond rhetoric to crush political vigilantes.
She was reacting to Thursday’s development involving 13 Delta Force members who escaped from police custody with the help of fellow Delta Force colleagues who had thronged the hearing at a Kumasi Circuit Court.
The 13, who were remanded into prison custody and billed to reappear on 20 April, were whisked away through the backdoor of the judge’s chamber by their supporters.
The suspects were standing trial for assaulting Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator George Agyei on March 24 after his appointment, indicating that he was not its preferred candidate.
All 13 accused persons have since turned themselves in to the police.
Commenting on the issue, Ms Armah told host Etse Sikanku she was surprised members of the pro- New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group could speak freely about their criminal conduct in the media.
“The illegality of it is not the thing that they discuss but their rights to be there on the basis that they seek weirdly and contradictorily law and order,” she noted.
“So you articulate law and order as you actually break the law. I mean, this is madness,” she noted.
For her the escalation of attacks by these vigilante groups was troubling and the country’s leaders must exhibit the political will and ensure that these groups are crushed.
Source:Ghana/AccraFM.com
