Muntaka orders police to crush vigilantism, unauthorised ‘self-defence’ groups

Mr Muntaka's two-pronged directive — against vigilantism and the unauthorised sharing of security training content — underscores the government's emphasis on strengthening state control over security operations and protecting the professionalism of Ghana's security services.

The directive places greater responsibility on commanders and trainers to ensure that security training facilities are not used as sources of unauthorised social media content.

The Interior Minister said the Ghana Police Service had a critical responsibility to ensure that no parallel security structures emerged to challenge the authority of the state.