Ghana’s democracy cannot survive if the violence that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election on Thursday, 31 January 2019 is not checked and nipped in the bud, a former Minister of National Security, Mr Totobi Quakyi has said. Some heavily-armed National Security operatives shot and wounded supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the private residence …
A former National Security Minister under the Jerry John Rawlings’s administration, Kofi Totobi Quakyi, has described as “traitors” persons who have counselled President Nana Akufo-Addo on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. The former minister has also condemned the incidents of violence which occurred at the residence of the NDC candidate, Delali Kwasi Brempong, and the La Bawleshie …
The violence unleashed by some security operatives during last week’s by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency continues to draw strong criticisms from various shades of the society, with three prominent Ghanaians joining the fray in calling for action to punish the perpetrators. Outspoken former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Most Rev. Emmanuel Martey, who has been …
Former President John Mahama has hit out at the security apparatus and government as a whole for the downward turn of events during the just ended Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency by-election in which widow of Emmanuel Kyerematen Agyarko won by a 68 percent margin. Mr. Mahama charged the President to call his appointees to order cautioning the latter that the …
Assaulted Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George wants the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be truthful in disseminating information on the circumstances that led to the disturbances during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. Government officials including National Security Minister and Deputy Information Minister have said that Sam George was at the center of the incident that triggered …
The Minority in Parliament has condemned the violent attacks in the house of the NDC parliamentary candidate in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election and urged the security agencies, particularly the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante Appietu, to identify and prosecute the perpetrators. It urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, …
Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has described as infantile, the denial by the Electoral Commission that there were no armed security personnel at polling centres in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) in its preliminary report on the by-election raised questions about the security arrangement that was deployed …
The governing New Patriotic Party has chastised former President John Mahama for threatening to unleash mayhem on the NPP in the 2020 general elections. John Mahama who was unhappy with the turn of events at the just ended by-election held at the Ayawaso West Wuogon following the attack on some NDC members said they will meet NPP boot for boot …
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has added its voice to the numerous condemnations of the violence that marred the beauty of the by-election held on Thursday in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency. In a statement, they called for a thorough investigation into the matter. “We, therefore call on the Ghana Police Service and all other relevant security agencies to conduct …
ExLA Group has condemned the debacle that ensued during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, Thursday. Violence erupted after some armed and attired security personnel thronged the center and fired shots, injuring some persons in the process and leading to counter reactions. Like several other entities who have spoken against the development, ExLA Group in a statement signed by its Executive …
