The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has warned that the Police will not tolerate any form of violence during the upcoming Akwatia by-election on September 2.

Speaking to recruits at the Police Training School at Kyerematen in the Eastern Region, the IGP assured Ghanaians that the Service is fully prepared to maintain law and order.

“We want to assure Ghanaians that the police is ready to handle any type of thing that may come in Akwatia. We are ready with the men. We have the men who can handle this situation and then our eyes are red for Akwatia and nobody, nobody should think of coming to cause trouble,” he said.

Mr Yohuno noted that no political party or individual should attempt to mobilise people to cause confusion or interfere with the electoral process.

“No political party should mobilise men to come and foment trouble, and nobody should have in mind the intention of snatching a ballot box. We have prepared our men adequately to handle this situation, and that, I informed the political parties as I met them yesterday [Tuesday],” he explained.

The IGP also revealed that special vehicles, which he described as “Black Marias” or prison trucks, will be deployed to the constituency to ensure swift arrests and detention of offenders.

“What I told them is that we are going in with Black Marias. Black Maria is the prison on wheels. We have a truck that is well prepared to keep people who cause trouble. We keep them in, and then finally, we discharge them at the police cells,” he stated.