Vigilante Groups Using Their Power To Intimidate Political Parties – Security Expert

A security expert and Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Professor Kwesi Aning has suggested that the chaos associated with the voters registration exercise is as a result of vigilantism.

This comes after the death of a 28-year-old man in Banda in the Bono Region at an Elecotral Commission registration centre.

According to Prof Aning, the chaos been seen recently amidst the EC voters registration exercise is an evidence that vigilantism is still alive.

“It is naive for anyone to think what is happening is a surprise since members of vigilantes have now recognized the power that they have and are now using their power to intimidate those who formed them and they now know they are an alternative source of power and so they are using it,” he intimated.

He added, “What should be done is that immediately we need to go back to the drawing board and find measures to really deal with the menace and there is the need to be practical and realistic with the solution and approach,” Prof Aning cautioned.

Source: GhanaFeed.com