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General News of Monday, 30 April 2018

Source: classfmonline.com

I don’t know ‘The Hawks’ – Nketia

'The Hawks' were reportedly unveiled at the NDC's Unity Walk in Kumasi 'The Hawks' were reportedly unveiled at the NDC's Unity Walk in Kumasi

The General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Aseidu Nketia, has said he does not know a vigilante group called ‘The Hawks’ within the party.

“I don’t know them”, he told Moro Awudu on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM on Monday, 30 April 2018 when asked about them.

Two heavily-muscled men in black T-shirts branded as ‘The Hawks’, were seen carrying out security duties at the NDC’s Unity Walk held in the Ashanti Region on Saturday, 28 April 2018.

Former Ejisu/Juabeng Municipal Chief Executive, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, has said The Hawks will provide security for the party and its officials while in opposition.

He said on Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM on Monday, 30 April that: “If they have Invincible Forces, we also have The Hawks, and, so, we will see.

“We in the NDC want peace in the country, we will not foment any trouble in the country,” he said.

He added: “The Hawks will provide security for the party as we are in opposition.”