Election violence: IGP should have resigned by now - Minority
The Minority in Parliament has said the Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, should have tendered his resignation letter by now following the number of violent incidents that were recorded during and after the December elections.
According to Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga, the IGP failed to protect the lives of innocent Ghanaian citizens leading to the tragic death of some of these persons.
The Ghana police confirmed the demise of 5 civilians across the nation between December 7, 2020, and December 9, 2020.
The five deaths were recorded in Odododiodio in the Greater Region, Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East Region, and Savelugu Constituency in the Northern Region.
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Election 2020: CODEO records 235 incidents during voting
December 10, 2020 Mr Arhin
The Coalition of Domestic Observers (CODEO) had recorded 235 cases of various incidents from all the 4,400 polling stations where it deployed observers.
It said the top five of these reported incidents are intimidation/harassment, violation of COVID-19 health and safety protocols, violence of various kinds, unauthorised persons at polling stations and malfunctioning of biometric devices”,
In a press statement signed by Albert Arhin, the National Coordinator of CODEO said in the mid-day situational report it presented to the public on its findings on the set-up, the opening of polling stations, and few incidences received from 1,499 out of the 1,502 Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) Observers (i.e., 99.8%) located in all 275 Constituencies in the 16 regions of the country on Election Day.