Mahama sounds like a loser; his claims of Akufo-Addo arming shameful vigilantes – NPP

General news for Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Source: Class FM

2020-11-03

The ruling New Patriotic Party (PNP) has said former President John Mahama should be ashamed of himself for accusing the Akufo-Addo government of arming vigilante groups rather than security services.

During his tour of the Greater Accra region, the presidential candidate of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) said: “The government, which is supposed to protect Ghanaians by restructuring security agencies such as the police and the army. with weapons and a bulletproof vest “he has rather given” these weapons to the vigilantes of his party and you see them using the weapons at the expense of state security personnel. “

“We knew most of these guys before this government recruited them for national security and other state security agencies. So during the week, they work as police and security personnel, but on the weekend, they carry out armed robberies as a part-time job, ”said Mr. Mahama.

However, when addressing the former president about that accusation, the chairman of the Parliament’s Defense Committee, Mr. Seth Acheampong, told reporters at a press conference on Monday, November 2, 2020 that: “The comments of the former president Mahama and the NDC’s attempts to politicize the nation’s security forces are irresponsible. “

“His statements are totally false and unfounded, and he should be ashamed of himself.

“John Mahama has been using his campaign platforms not so much to gain support for his message as he has no message, but more and more, he sounds more and more like a candidate who has accepted defeat,” he said.

“He has been on the ground and knows that Ghanaians do not trust his message of change and that his negative campaign against President Akufo-Addo and the PNP is getting him nowhere and it is because Ghanaians know better and feel better. ”.

“The public does not trust his message of change and it is because people know better, and they know the difference between Akufo-Addo and John Mahama,” he added.

The MP said that “Ghana’s electorate must give John Mahama a clear, decisive and incontestable defeat as he received in the 2016 general election. We must do better and ensure that he will have no excuse to try to cause trouble after the election. December 7. Let’s shut him up with the power of the thumb. “