Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has said the report on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election should be acted upon first, then the cause of the chaos at Ablekuma North parliamentary election rerun can be looked at.
He says the Ablekuma North rerun issue cannot be handled when the Ayawaso West Wuogon report is gathering dust.
“I am not equalising anything, but yesterday when I saw [Ablekuma North chaos], my mind went to Ayawaso West Wuogon. The report is there gathering dust. Those who were supposed to get compensation, not all of them were paid. This is the impunity we have been talking about.
“Take up the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission report and work with it; if you don’t, then this one can’t go to court,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday, July 12.
Earlier, Ningo Prapram Lawmaker Samuel Nartey George also told the Police to address the report that he filed following the assault on him during the 2019 Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election.
He makes the point that any person who did not criticise the assault on him during that by-election should not speak on the assault on the NPP officials during the Ablekuma North parliament election rerun held on Friday, July 11, 2025.
In a post on his X page, he said, “Dear IGP of the Ghana Police Service and DG of the CID, I am still waiting for the Police to act on my complaint from Ayawaso West Wuogon. It must be treated on a first-come, first-served basis.
“I have patiently waited since 2019 for justice to be served. Let no one who justified the 2019 incident dare try to speak today. You sowed the wind, and you have reaped the whirlwind. What was sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. I have not started yet. This is just the beginning. We would all live in Ghana. One love.”
Meanwhile, a Fellow at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Dr Kwame Sarpong Asiedu, has criticised the Police for the violence that characterised the rerun of the Ablekuma North parliamentary elections.
He said the violence is reprehensible.
“The violence is just reprehensible. Are the stakes so high for this? Ghana Police, this is a poor reflection on you. This must not get any worse,” he wrote on Facebook.
Similarly, a security expert, Dr Ismaeel Norman, also blamed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the chaos.
For him, there were security lapses that resulted in the chaos. “IGP is to blame for this violence,” he said on TV3 Friday, July 11.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has called for maximum cooperation with the Police in managing elections in Ghana.
He described the Police as a professional institution.
Speaking to journalists in relation to what occurred during the rerun of the Parliamentary elections in Ablekuma North, he said, “The police are a very professional institution; when you don’t see them reacting with force, it doesn’t mean they are helpless.”
He added, “Let us give the police the maximum cooperation.”
The voting process at the Odorkor Methodist 1 polling station was suspended after chaos erupted during the Ablekuma North rerun in 19 polling stations.
The thugs in their numbers then proceeded to the spot where the polling station was mounted and began assaulting some individuals.
A notable personality who was amongst the individuals assaulted was former MP for Awutu Senya East Constituency, Hawa Koomson.
Nii Blewu reported that a JoyNews journalist was also assaulted while she was taking videos of the chaos. Other individuals were also assaulted.
The police officers, despite being many at the premises, could not prevent the attack and foil the chaos.
Background of the Rerun
The impasse began during the collation of results last December when, according to the Electoral Commission (EC), political party supporters besieged the collation centre and destroyed an unspecified number of original result forms (Pink Sheets).
This led to the use of 37 scanned Pink Sheets, provided by the NPP, to continue the collation process.
The NDC objected, insisting on a full rerun in all 37 polling stations where scanned copies were used.
The NPP, however, argued that since NDC agents had verified the scanned copies, the results should stand.
