A self-proclaimed leader of the disbanded vigilante group, Delta Force, affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has openly celebrated the party's recent misfortunes, particularly the violent disruptions during the Ablekuma North Parliamentary rerun.
Identifying himself as the Chairman of the Ashanti Regional branch of the Delta Force, the middle-aged man, in a viral video posted on social media, declared that the party is reaping the consequences of what he described as "betrayal and ungratefulness" shown towards the group following the 2016 elections. "We sacrificed our lives to secure power for the NPP in 2016," he stated. "But when the party won, they turned on us.
We were arrested, prosecuted, and remanded just because we asked for employment.
Then they went on to pass a law to disband us." He referred to the attacks on NPP officials during the rerun as just the beginning, suggesting that both the Delta Force and Invisible Force, a sister vigilante group within the party, should find satisfaction in the chaos that unfolded. "What happened in Ablekuma North is small.