Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, Inspector-General of Police, has assured Ghanaians that security authorities would make sure that the 2024 elections are incident-free and peaceful.
The IGP claims that elections in the nation will be peaceful in 2024, just as they have been since he took office.
Dr. Akuffo Dampare gave the chairwoman of the Electoral Commission assurances that all participants in the polls will be safe while speaking at a meeting of the national election security task force at the Police headquarters.
“We want to assure my sister (EC Chairperson) that we will continue to work with my colleagues here to ensure that just as elections in the country since I took over have been peaceful, the 2024 polls will be the same.”
Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, the Chief of Defense Staff, stated that the Ghanaian Armed Forces will be available to support the police and other security agencies providing background protection for the 2024 elections.
The army will not be directly involved in election security, but they will be prepared to support the Police if needed, according to the CDS.
“We in the Armed Forces commit to our constitutionally mandated duty to protect this country and prevent any aggression from outside the country and also from within and we do so by air, by sea and by land, and even do at the peril of our lives”.
On the 2024 elections, the CDS noted “For the election proper we may not be in the upfront of election duties but we will be in the background to support you the Police Service and other security services. The Armed Forces is ready to act accordingly when we are called upon but for the election duties proper I will leave it to the security services to be in the forefront. We will always be in the background to act appropriately when we are called upon”, he stated.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
