Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, has added his voice to calls for the disbandment of vigilante groups, ahead of the 2016 polls, warning that they can plunge the country into chaos.

He said “Foot soldiers, who transform into vigilante groups like Azoka Boys, Bamba Boys, Bull Dogs, Invincible Forces cannot be allowed to operate because they have the potential to take up arms if they feel dissatisfied with election results and plunge this nation into civil war”.

Alhaji Salih, who was speaking at a forum on the role of the Muslim Community in ensuring peaceful elections, wondered why leaders of political parties entertained such groups if they meant well for Ghanaians.

He said “What is the justification for the existence of such groupings whose main business is to put fear and panic in the public, so that they can carry out their objectives of stealing ballot papers and prevent others from voting and immediately after elections go about vandalising public property”.

Alhaji Salih asked Muslim youth not to allow politicians to use them to perpetuate violence, saying, “the act of antagonising any member of society on the basis of religious or political differences is not Islamic”.

He said Islam teaches peace, humility and decency and it was important that the youth acted with decorum, especially in expressing their support for their respective political parties.

“Elections are a jaw-jaw affair, not war-war. If adherence to this principle of humility and decency is adopted by Muslims and Ghanaian electorate in general and applied to our current political activities, our motherland would be a better place for us all”.

He urged communicators of political parties to desist from trading of insults and provocative acts.

The President of the Islamic University College, Ghana (IUCG), Dr…. read more at source.