Former President John Mahama has disclosed how the NDC will 'chase away' NPP 'hoodlums'.
According to him, while the NPP is using ammunition, the NDC will be using 'people power'.
"We will resist it. You haven’t seen armed people running away before. When the power of the people come after you, you will run" he said.
The former President while campaigning in the Volta Region over the weekend told party delegates and supporters in Battor in the North Tongu Constituency added:
“Look at what happened in Ayawaso West Wuogon, and what was pitiful was that these were armed people that our Ghana Police Service say they don’t know. And yet, at Ayawaso West Wuogon, the guys were running rampage and our police service could not control them. They were rather giving orders to our people”.
“… The principal responsibility for security in any election in Ghana is the IGP, it’s not the Invincible Forces, it’s not Delta Forces.
“In any case, go and read the Constitution, the duty of the National Security Council is not to control a force, they coordinate the existing security services. They are not supposed to have hoodlums dressed in police uniforms using police vehicles and firing bullets at our innocent citizens.
And we are serving notice: the Deputy Minister of National Security has said they were responsible for deploying them. We are serving them notice: they shall never deploy such a force in any election in Ghana again. We will resist it. You haven’t seen armed people running away before. When the power of the people come after you, you will run. We are for peace, but to enjoy peace, you must be vigilant and you must be alert. We must defend our democracy. This is the ‘all-die-be-die’ philosophy at work. We won’t accept ‘all-die-be-die’ in this country. And when the chiefs are advising, they should advise the ones who are unleashing violence, not me”.
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MAHAMA IS JUST A CHEAT. THE STATE IS LOOKING AFTER YOU AS FORMER PRESIDENT AND YOU SHAMELESSLY WANT TO CONTEST AGAN AS PRESIDENT TO COLLECT DOUBLE SALARY. IF THIS IS NOT GREED THENBIT MUST BE WIZARDRY. GIVE OTHER PEOPLE A CHANCE TO OFFER SERVICE TO THE NATION. COME TO THINK OF IT, YOU HAVE BEEN DECLARED INCOMPETENT BY THE NATION EXCEPT THOSE WHO WANT TO TAKE THEIR SHARE OF YOUR LOOT BY FORCING YOU TO CONTEST. ANY WAY LETS SEE HOW THE NDC PRIMARIES UNFOLD.
Well said JDM. Will you do the honorable thing by sending your family both near and distant to be at the forefront of the battle you are asking for. Young men of today be wise and do not be used by the politicians both NPP and NDC for their selfish gains whilst their home is well fortified. How many of their family members have ever been injured during any fracas. Its high time we told them to do their own thing. I pity those who are being used.
We should also ask for those who perpetrated atrocities at Amenfi East, Atiwa, Akwatia, Talensi, Chereponi and on Let My Vote Count in Accra demonstration. Simplicita!!!