An Afrobarometer report has revealed that about 59% of Ghanaians “strongly approve” of “prosecuting and punishing members of political party vigilantes for criminal acts, irrespective of their political affiliation.”

The report indicated that 88% of Ghanaians believe that it is wrong for these party vigilantes to attack government appointees whose appointments they disagree with.

This comes on the back of some disturbances that took place during a New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency executives meeting at Tafo Pankrono in the Ashanti Region.

Two men, both known NPP polling station executives, 49-year-old Paul Attah Onyinah and 51-year-old Richard Yaw, were picked up by the police and have been remanded by a Kumasi Circuit Court.

They were charged with conspiracy to cause unlawful damage, unlawful damage and rioting.

“Overwhelmingly, Ghanaians disapprove of lawless actions by political party vigilante group. About nine out of 10 citizens believe it is “wrong and punishable” for party vigilantes to attack government appointees whose appointment they disagree with (88%), to lock up government office (87%) and to destroy state property (91%),” the report stated.

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