Members of the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) on Friday massed up at the Upper East Regional
Police Headquarters in Bolgatanga to demand a padlock.
The padlock, they explained, was
to secure the room where election materials were being stored ahead of the
elections.
The election materials were said to have arrived
earlier Friday morning and were eventually stored in a room at the police
headquarters.
The NDC supporters said a
standard procedure where each political party provided a padlock for the
security of the election materials was being ignored though it had been allowed
during the previous elections.
The Upper East Regional police
argued that if the political parties were allowed to provide a padlock for the
security of the room, then it would not be easily accessible in case there was
an emergency situation like a fire outbreak.
But that did not go down well
with the NDC youth who threatened to spend the night at the premises of the
police headquarters if their demand was not met.
Regional Secretary of the NDC,
Donatus Akamugri, managed to calm the youth by setting up a meeting with the
Regional Director of Operations of the Ghana Police Service in the Upper East
region to see how best the situation would be resolved.
The Regional Director of Operations of the Ghana Police
Service in the Upper East, Gyan Kofi, assured the group he was going to take
full responsibility for the election material until the said padlocks arrived.
“Gyan Kofi has assured us that
he will sleep at the place with his men and watch over the place. So tomorrow
morning we will be back, He will then lead us to the Regional Police Command to
make sure the right thing is done.
“We do not have any problem with
the police, our problem is to ensure that the ballot papers are not tempered
with,” he said.
Mr Akamugri, however, cautioned
the Police not to fail in coming through with their promise of doing what is
expected or face a crowd of dissatisfied NDC youth supporters.
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