The Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has directed the full implementation of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission’s report, as part of efforts to ensure justice and accountability for victims of electoral violence.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on November 4, the Minister announced that he had “instructed that the report of the Commission on the election violence at Ayawaso West Wuogon be implemented fully for justice to prevail.”
He made the announcement while presenting the findings of the Special Investigation Task Force on election violence recorded during the 2020 and 2024 general elections.
The report identified twelve incidents that led to fifteen deaths and forty injuries across several regions, including Bono East, Greater Accra, Bono, Northern, Central, Savannah, and Ashanti.
The Minister noted that the incidents were mostly linked to clashes between supporters of the two main political parties and cases where security personnel resorted to live ammunition and so-called “warning shots” as a means of crowd control.
The Minister revealed that fifteen people lost their lives and forty others sustained injuries in twelve separate incidents across the country.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Tuesday, the Minister said, “It gives me a great sense of duty to present to you all the outcome of the report on the 2020 and 2024 Election Violence, which occurred across various centres in the country.”
The report, compiled by a Special Investigation Task Force within the Criminal Investigations Department, provides a detailed account of how each incident occurred, police responses, and subsequent investigations.
“The detailed report, which has been submitted to His Excellency the President, also contains the various incidents, how they were brought or got to the notice of the police, and actions taken by investigators in line with laid-down investigation protocols and procedures,” the Minister explained.
The findings reveal that the violence spanned Bono East, Greater Accra, Bono, Northern, Central, Savannah, and Ashanti Regions, with most deaths linked to firearm use by civilians and, in some cases, security officers.
