"Vigilante groups" refers to individuals or organizations who take the law into their own hands and act as unofficial enforcers of justice, usually outside the legal system. They often engage in activities such as investigating, apprehending, or punishing perceived wrongdoers without the authority or oversight of the government or law enforcement.
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Former President John Dramani Mahama, has condemned the activities
of vigilante groups affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Meanwhile, the Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Cephas Authur says the Police Administration has already asked the leadership of
vigilante groups in political parties to disband because such groups will not be tolerated.
The Minority in Parliament has said there is a direct correlation between the dramatic surge in robberies in some parts of the country and the activities of
vigilante groups affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
A former Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has ripped into President Nana Akufo - Addo over the recent acts of lawlessness
by vigilante groups associated with the governing New Patriotic Party.
Social commentator, Sydney Casley Hayford has expressed disappointment in government's inability to deal
with vigilante groups in the country.
On Wednesday 8th March 2017, repentant armed bandits and local
vigilante group called «' Yansakai» in Ruwan Tofa, «Yar Galadima and Babban Doka in Maru Local Government Area, Danwaren Daji in Tsafe Local Government Area, as well as Mada in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, handed over large quantities of dangerous arms and ammunition.
«Cartel Land» follows two modern -
day vigilante groups fighting a shared enemy — the ruthless Mexican drug cartels.
«Cartel Land,» nominated for a 2016 Academy Award for best documentary, sheds light on a less well - known part of the story: the existence of
vigilante groups on both sides of the border to combat the cartels.
One person is reportedly injured in a latest attack on the Sagnarigu District Assembly by a pro-New Patriotic
Party vigilante group in the Northern Region, the Kandahar Boys.
Senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has accused the Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello to have allegedly recruited young men and women as
local vigilante group in the state.
Tonight an up - close look the enormous costs of this war
as vigilante groups take on the cartels.
The former president had earlier urged the security agencies to arrest members of such
vigilante groups who he claims were attacking supporters of the National Democratic Congress after the 2016 elections.
Mr Portuphy added that a number of such groups only condemned the Delta Force attack on the court where 13 members of the
pro-NPP vigilante group escaped.
Ghana's former President, John Dramani Mahama has condemned the activities of
vigilante groups associated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Some social commentators have expressed disappointment in government's inability to deal with
such vigilante groups in the country.
A sprawling look at life on the front lines of the war against drug cartels in Mexico, this gripping film by Matthew Heineman explores the dangerous and messy moral dilemmas that arise
when vigilante groups on both sides of the border take action.
If he talks about transparency, then my questing is, where was that moral instinct when he imported Serbians into the country to train
Npp vigilante groups without consulting his party's chairman and General Secretary?
The case involving the 13 members of the Delta
Force vigilante group affiliated to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who escaped from the circuit court has been adjourned to June 15, 2017.
Acting National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has warned
vigilante groups aligned to the party to desist from violent acts or face the full rigorous of the law.
The government's commitment to security has been questioned following the recent upsurge in the number of incidents involving political
vigilante groups across the country.
«But we call once again on all political parties to disown and disband all so - called
vigilante groups which should simply have no place in a 21st Century democracy.
Cartel Land Access, access, access is the driving force in Matthew Heineman's astonishing documentary, for which the filmmakers embedded in two separate
vigilante groups trying to stop the pernicious march of Mexican drug cartels (not to mention a group of men cooking meth).
There is a lot in the news in Ireland currently
about vigilante groups posing as children online in order to catch paedophiles «grooming» and ultimately meeting with the fictional child, which turns...
The camerawork lets viewers ride shotgun with the
Autodefensas vigilante group and its photogenic leader, José Mireles, on raids, shootouts, interrogations and rallies.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has alleged that there is a plot by a familiar opposition party to float an
armed vigilante group in the State...
However, ad hoc hangings of blacks under the auspices of the Ku Klux Klan and other
white vigilante groups could not have taken place without benefit of social sanction.
The Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, Maulvi Alhaji Mohammed Noor Bin Salih says the nation is paying dearly for its failure to
disband vigilante groups by political parties.
Since the birth of this administration on January 7, this country has been blighted by several adverse events and an escalation of violence and lawlessness by members of the governing party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who have
formed vigilante groups to terrorize innocent Ghanaians, including the judiciary.
The laws have stoked violence by
Hindu vigilante groups that have attacked Muslims and others on suspicion of smuggling cattle or possessing beef.
You have made
vigilante groups more powerful than Ghana police service which is a failure on your part Mr IGP.
As President Nana Akufo - Addo's administration nears the 100 - day mark, some of Ghana's major political parties have cited violent attacks by some
pro-government vigilante groups as its major failing.
This was in recognition of the danger that political party
vigilante groups pose to the country's electoral politics and democratic development.
In «Cartel Land,» Mr. Heineman puts you into two outwardly
similar vigilante groups, one in the United States and the other in Mexico, that seem to be battling a common enemy in the drug cartels.
But Heineman, whose «Cartel Land» intrepidly plunged
into vigilante groups along the U.S. - Mexico border, appears more at home on the battlefield than distant from the action.
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman risked his life to obtain some extraordinary immersive footage of gun battles with Mexican cartel members in the stricken Michoacán state, where he focuses on the efforts Dr. Jose Mireles, the leader of the
anti-cartel vigilante group Autodefensas.
If you're not familiar, it tells the story of a few
vigilante groups along the US / Mexico border who are currently at war with the cartels.
The report noted that women and girls abused by members of the security forces and
vigilante groups working with government forces in their fight against Boko Haram say they feel powerless and fear retaliation if they report the abuse.
Vigilante groups initially took a decisive role in turning the tide against the Knights Templar in Michoacan State, which is only 200 miles west of Mexico City.
In a related context Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom has also threatened to form his
own vigilante group, the Sea Lions, so - called, to defend the interests of the Progressive People's Party (PPP).