The Ghana Police Service has warned that it will deal ruthlessly with persons who foment trouble in the ongoing internal elections within the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The head of legal and prosecution at the Ashanti regional police command, Chief Superintendent Kofi Blagodzi gave this warning when the state arraigned 13 NPP members accused of unlawfully locking up the Subin Constituency office of the party earlier this month.
The accused persons were put before the Asokwa Magistrate Court on counts of conspiracy and offensive conduct.
They were, however, granted bail to the sum of GHC15,000 with two sureties each when they pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Concerns
The NPP internal election has been characterised by widespread agitation and lawsuits.
Chief Superintendent Blagodzi is urging aggrieved members to seek redress with laid down structures rather than resorting to violence.
“My concern is that as I alluded to the facts before the court, there are laid down structures from the party [NPP] where grievances are being addressed, so you can’t take the law into your own hands and cause mayhem and chaos and that is what we are trying to prevent in Ashanti Region.
“Because apart from the constituency the party will have regional and national elections and Ashanti is one of the key areas such that we can’t allow some people to take the law into their own hands,” he told the media after the court hearing.
Jonathan Ofori
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