Chairman of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Collins Owusu Amankwah has put up a spirited defence for the existence of a pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) militia that trains in a top government security facility.

To Collins Owusu Amankwah, the group is not a violent group and cannot be linked to any vigilante attacks in the country.

“The group is not violent and not part of vigilante attacks in the country so why must we believe this Joy News documentary,” he asked on Neat FM.

The Manhyia North MP noted that the group was formed out of the growing need for more efficient jobs in Ghana.


He said the group has been in existence since 2012 hence there was no cause for alarm, adding that they won’t sabotage the security of the state.

The pro-governing NPP militia, De-Eye Group, trains and is headquartered at Osu Castle in Accra, a security zone.

Until 2013, the Osu Castle was the seat of government. Currently, it is an Annex to the Seat of Government, the Jubilee House.

Four Ministers of state at the Office of the President are housed in this building: the Minister of state in-charge Inner City and Zongo Development, Dr. Mustapha Hamid; Minister of State in Charge of Special Development Initiative, Hawa Koomson; the Minister of State in Charge of Planning, Professor Gyan Barfour, as well as Minister of State at the Office of the President, Rocks Bukari.

The Commission on the Creation of New Regions had their sittings there. And the Commission of Inquiry into the Ayawaso West Wuogon election violence also holds sittings in this secure location.

But it is where the De-Eye Group, militia group has been operating since the government took office two years ago.

The Commander of this group is Nana Wireko Addo, popularly known as ‘Choman’. The commander is former personal bodyguard of the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The commander is former personal bodyguard of the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Joy News investigations have revealed that the group has two offices at this state building as the secretariat of the Group and another as the office of the Commander.

The Ministry of the Interior, which licenses private security agencies, has also said the group is not licensed to provide any security services. Sources within the group, however, say De-Eye Group undertakes security operations in and outside Accra.