{"id":2243,"date":"2019-08-29T14:58:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T14:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2019-08-29T14:58:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T14:58:28","slug":"igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020","title":{"rendered":"IGP wages war on vigilante groups ahead of election 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IGP, COP James Oppong Boanuh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Acting Inspector General of Police, COP James Oppong-Boanuh, has sent a stern warning to vigilante groups affiliated to the two main political parties in Ghana.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to him, his outfit will deal ruthlessly with all forms of vigilantism in the 2020 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing this year\u2019s National Police Command Conference,\u00a0Mr. Oppong-Boanuh assured that \u201cthe Ghana Police service will deal decisively with any persons or group of persons who will engage any form of lawlessness or vigilantism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana has over the years been hailed as the beacon of democracy in Africa. The Issue of vigilantism in recent times dented this prominent accolade however Government\u2019s initiative, together with that of all relevant stakeholders, to outlaw all forms of vigilantism has been welcome news to the Ghana police service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our duty to ensure that the civil liberties and fundamental human rights of every Ghanaian are fully guaranteed before, during and after the elections and we shall perform that duty without fear or favour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Activites of vigilantism groups aligned mainly to the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress spike during and after elections, especially when there is a change in power.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP\u2019s victory was followed by persistent action by vigilante groups aligned to it even two years after the 2016 polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IGP, COP James Oppong Boanuh Acting Inspector General of Police, COP James Oppong-Boanuh, has sent a stern warning to vigilante groups affiliated to the two main political parties in Ghana. According to him, his outfit will deal ruthlessly with all forms of vigilantism in the 2020 general elections. Addressing this year\u2019s National Police Command Conference,\u00a0Mr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[678,1413,540],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-2020-elections","tag-cop-james-oppong-boanuh","tag-inspector-general-of-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IGP wages war on vigilante groups ahead of election 2020 - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IGP, COP James Oppong BoanuhActing Inspector General of Police, COP James Oppong-Boanuh, has sent a stern warning to vigilante groups affiliated to the two main political parties in Ghana.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IGP wages war on vigilante groups ahead of election 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IGP, COP James Oppong BoanuhActing Inspector General of Police, COP James Oppong-Boanuh, has sent a stern warning to vigilante groups affiliated to the two main political parties in Ghana.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-29T14:58:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/08\/IGP.-Mr.-Oppong-Boanuh-750x375-610x375.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"610\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"francis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"francis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"francis\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/3687592f7713dc6c826cf5bbd0e55bca\"},\"headline\":\"IGP wages war on vigilante groups ahead of election 2020\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-29T14:58:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/2019\/08\/IGP.-Mr.-Oppong-Boanuh-750x375-610x375.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2020 elections\",\"COP James Oppong-Boanuh\",\"Inspector general of police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/igp-wages-war-on-vigilante-groups-ahead-of-election-2020\",\"name\":\"IGP wages war on vigilante groups ahead of election 2020 - 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