The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party NPP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stressed the importance of a peaceful election on December 7, 2024.
The government issued a White Paper and published the report of the Emile Short Commission which investigated the violence which characterized the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency by-election early this year.
The 2024 flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama, has entreated the government to compensate victims of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence.
Mr Mahama made the call when he visited one of the victims, Isshau Yaro, as part of his Easter Monday visitations in the Greater Accra Region.
A total of eight lives, including three minors were lost during the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
They are Zakaria Samira, 12, Musah Fuseini, 14 Botwe Tackie, 16, Abdallah Ayarek, 18; Tajudeen Mohammed, 41, Dompreh Emmanuel, 36, and Abass Ibrahim whose age was not stated.
About 15 other electorates also received various degrees of injuries mostly from gunshots.
Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr Isaac Ken Yeboah, Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service disclosed these at a press conference to give a situational update on electoral violence.
He said all the violence which were recorded at Tamale, Techiman, Odorkor, Ablekuma, Savelugu happened after Election Day during collation.
Speaking at a meeting with the Muslim caucus in parliament, Dr. Bawumia underscored the significance of safeguarding lives and properties during what is expected to be a challenging electoral process.
He stressed the necessity for a peaceful atmosphere to ensure the integrity and fairness of the election
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