Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has taken on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, over his outfit’s silence on the killings in the Techiman South constituency during the December 2020 elections.
He says Ghana has seen many IGPs before his time and his job role is not to be speaking “English” to Ghanaians but rather work to protect the people.
He has cautioned that the IGP ensures that nothing untoward happens to any citizen ahead of the December 7 elections.
Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe, who was speaking on Ghana Tonight on TV3 Thursday, November 28, 2024, was questioning the necessity of the peace pact which was signed without any commitment to punish people who foment trouble during elections.
He used the killings in the Techiman South constituency as an example, saying those who committed the crimes, despite being captured on camera, are walking free.
“What is the police doing? Is that a work beyond their ability? I don’t believe so. The police have been quiet because they have not been told to be quiet.
“And as for the IGP, I personally will tell him straight in the face that he should not think he is dealing with ordinary people in this country. This country has seen IGPs long before he came, right down after the colonial era, from Madjitey to him. He shouldn’t think he would come to talk just English and that is his work.
“Everybody in this country is watching him and when he fails to do his duty, what will happen, he won’t believe it,” he sad.
His comments come on the back of the Peace Pact that was signed by all the presidential candidates in the 2024 elections to ensure there is peace before, during and after the December 7 polls.
All the presidential candidates in the 2024 elections met in Accra Thursday, November 28, 2024, to sign a peace pact.
The two leading candidates, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former President John Dramani Mahama for the National Democratic Congress were personally present to sign the peace pact ahead of the elections.
The 4th Peace Pact was under the auspices of the National Peace Council and the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG).
Also present at the event were the Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, the National Chief Imam, Sheik Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, former ECOWAS President, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, as well as many other dignitaries.
The opposition National Democratic Congress earlier protested signing the pact until certain demands are met. Following the acquisition of those demands, the party participated in the process yesterday.
