General News of Sunday, 14 April 2019Source: mynewsgh.com‘Impotent’ vigilante bill can’t even disband land guards - Professor Kwaku AsareProfessor Kwaku AsareProfessor Stephen Kwaku Asare, a US-based legal practitioner and an accounting professor has revealed that it is impossible for the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to disband Land Guards or vigilante groups in the country. A bill has been laid before parliament for the disbandment of vigilante groups in the country with reports suggesting that some of the pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) groups have started dissolving themselves in line with the bill. His argument is that that these vigilantes do not commit crimes that are not covered by the criminal law. Rather, the problem is that the crimes of vigilantes are invincible to prosecutors and where prosecuted are treated lightly by judges. Read his take on the matter below;The truth, even if not palatable, is that Government cannot disband so called Vigilante Groups or Land Guards or groups that are known to beat witches, or launder money, or take rent two years in advance, etc.

Source: GhanaWeb April 14, 2019 10:18 UTC