A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has defended the actions of alleged party supporters accused of vandalising state properties and attacking state institutions.

Gbande argued that these individuals were protecting state property rather than engaging in acts of violence.

Speaking to Citi Eyewitness News on Wednesday, January 8, the NDC’s Deputy General Secretary added that the party is collaborating with the police to restore law and order and address the situation amicably.

“The young people of this country are determined to change the narrative of our country, where people steal government property, and government money with impunity. So it is unfortunate, but I think that we should appreciate those who are sacrificing to preserve and protect state property.

“If the situation was that they were also stealing and taking it home, then it is a different matter. But if it is the case that they are moving and protecting state assets that government officials are taking away, then I think that it is a problem the party has come to appreciate, which we are dealing with.

“We have been working with the Inspector General of Police, cooperating with some skeletal individuals within the former government who are still at post to try and regularise the situation.”