Kweku Baako defends Kan Dapaah, cautions Wontumi to be careful

The Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has asked the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi to be ‘careful’.

Kweku Baako was reacting to comments Wontumi made after a pro NPP group; Delta Force stormed a Kumasi based Circuit court leading to the escape of 13 of its members.

Chairman Wontumi had indicated that the National Security Minister Albert Kan Dapaah’s description of NPP vigilante group Delta Forces as a criminal group is a clear indication that he (Kan Dapaah) has turned on his party after his appointment.

He has cautioned Mr. Kan Dapaah to be mindful of his treatment and utterances towards the vigilante group Delta Forces.

“Today some NPP members have positions so they talk anyhow…especially Kan Dapaah, he didn’t even campaign for the NPP.

Where was Kan Dapaah when these boys were campaigning, today he describes them as criminals? If Mr. Dapaah is talking he should be careful…he claimed he had retired from politics but now he has a position after we won the elections…I want to tell Kan Dapaah that if we have suffered for him to get a position…he should be mindful how he treats us,” Chairman Wontumi said in an interview on Ash FM, Friday.

But contributing to a panel discussion on Joy FM’s Newsfile programme Saturday, April 8, Kweku Baako said: “the Ashanti regional chairman also should be careful.

If I were him I would stop talking. If I were the President, I would keep Kan Dapaah at the place.

He is doing a lot of good to the party’s image and the government’s image. Those attacking him; the things they are saying are rather undermining the integrity of this government and especially the President…”

Kan Dapaah

National Security Minister Albert Kan Dapaah had said popular vigilante groups Delta, Invisible and the other forces are not registered and therefore do not exist.

Addressing Parliament on Thursday, Mr. Kan Dapaah told the House the security agencies are working to rid the society of such groups.

“There are no legally registered vigilante groups in this country and for that matter, there are no such groups to be disbanded.

However, I think we need to be pragmatic and accept that foot soldiers of the leading political parties are known to constitute themselves into action troops to molest and unleash violence on the peace loving people of this country.

Mr. Speaker we need to stop these groups because they have the tendency to degenerate into militant groups that can have serious repercussions on the security of this country.

We must not mix criminality with politics, lawlessness must be punished. Government has made it clear through the IGP to deal appropriately with all criminals,” he stated.