Dr. Papa kwesi Nduom has served notice he would be forced to form a vigilante group to defend the Progressive People’s Party's interest  if violence at elections do not stop.

He said if President Mahama’s claim that the Talensi by-election is a dress rehearsal for next year’s election is anything to go by then his party is likely to form the Sea Lions as a preemptive measure for what he foresees to be bloody confrontations in the 2016 general elections.

Last week’s by-election recorded some violent clashes largely between governing NDC affiliate, Azorka Boys and, NPP’s Bolga Bulldogs.  Addressing the media today, Dr. Nduom said he had hitherto been an observer of the brutal activities of these political vigilante groups because there are many things at stake for him to keep the country as one.

“It is not because I am not capable of competing boot by boot.  I have invested my sweat, emotions, everything in this country.  If I do not work to keep Ghana together, who will?  Many people have hidden their funds overseas, in safer shores.  Mine is visible, right here in Ghana.  I have a responsibility to my family, my customers and business partners to be a responsible Ghanaian.  I am a public servant, not a career politician.”

A choatic scene at Talensi

Perhaps a time has come for the PPP to toe the line of the two major political parties who are seen using intimidating machomen to rig elections.

“But some of us also know how to buy guns, bows and arrows.  We know where poor, hungry and desperate people are who do not care what happens to them today,” he underscored.

“If some people can raise an Azorka Army and others Bolga Bull Dogs, what happens if those of us who have disciplined ourselves so far decide to raise the Sea Lions for counter attack?  What happens when the silent sufferers decide that enough is enough?  Is this what the Minister of Interior was promoting when he said, “violence begets violence”?”

General Secretary of the party, Kofi Siaw later told Joy News’ Hannah Odame all commitments including the Kumasi Declaration in 2012 to end electoral violence have failed to stop election brutalities.

“Probably what they will listen to is when we raise our own army…we can continue to be and be keeping quiet.  Why you think only NDC people know where to buy guns…they should delude themselves that they are only ones with monopoly over violence?”

The party has also accused election observers in the just ended Talensi by-election of bias in their post-election reports.

The party claimed none of the elections observers highlighted the violence that characterised the elections but rather declared it free and fair.

“They have also become a cover up for stealing and cheating in election…they themselves have become timid and have become appendages of that system that is wrong,” Kofi Siaw explain to Joy News.

Meanwhile, the police say they will crackdown on political vigilante groups, describing them as outlaws.