I have sighted a press release by the regional public affairs unit of the Ghana police service to the effect that some eight(8) persons have been convicted after pleading guilty to their involvement in the Ablekuma North election violence.

1. I commend the IGP for his swift investigations and prosecution of these hoodlums after the NPP in the meeting with the IGP called on the IGP to arrest and prosecute those NDC thugs.
2. However, videos available show that about twenty(20) persons were involved in the regrettable violence during the Ablekuma North Elections, and we expect investigations to continue and all of them brought to face justice.
3. It is also shocking, unfortunate and a bad precedent that self-confessed criminals are granted bail pending their sentencing which may involve jail term while media practitioners, tiktokers and individuals who are presumed innocent remain in police and prison remand for expressing their views.
4. Again, the IGP gave a firm commitment that 5,000 police personnel would be deployed for the Akwatia elections and that the police would not need the presence or the intervention of the military in the Akwatia by-elections. Regrettably, we have sighted military presence in and around Akwatia from Sunday 24th August till today 27th August.
5. The police as part of their internal security obligations, are responsible for the security of this election and so the military should stay away. We urge them to stand their ground and maintain peace this during the Akwatia elections.
6. Ghana has already dropped six (6) places on the 2025 Global Peace Index and cannot afford any further insecurity, especially one sponsored by the ruling government.