A former National Chairman of the (NPP), , has disclosed that President advocated for the disbandment of the vigilante groups of the party.
Speaking in an interview on JoyNews on Wednesday, July 17, 2025, he indicated that he was against the decision as the National Chairman of the party at the time because he felt the party needed to protect itself. "The president then, Nana Akufo-Addo, insisted that we should disband vigilantism.
I, , was the chairman then, and I thought that maybe before you put down the gun, you must raise it.
It was a deterrent. "Sometimes, we suffered it (vigilatesim) when the police were standing by and we were being beaten; our office had been invaded.
