The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has presented the government’s official report on election-related violence recorded during the 2020 and 2024 General Elections, revealing 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.
SUMMARY OF CASES
| 2020
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| S/NO | REGION | CONSTITUENCY | NO. OF DEATHS | NO. OF INJURED |
| 1. | Bono East | Techiman South | 2 | 9
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| 2. | Greater Accra | Odododiodio | 2 | 15 |
| 3. | Greater Accra | Ablekuma Central | 1 | 4 |
| 4. | Bono | Banda | 1 | 2 |
| 5. | Bono | Dormaa West | 1 | 1
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| 6. | Northern | Savelugu | 1 | 3 |
| 2024
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| 1. | Central | Awutu Senya East
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1 | 1 |
| 2. | Northern | Tolon | 1 | 0
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| 3. | Savannah | Damango | 1 | 0 |
| 4. | Bono East | Nkoranza South | 1 | 0 |
| 5. | Ashanti | Offinso North | 2 | 2
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| 6. | Ashanti | Ahafo Ano South -West | 1 | 3 |
Total Number of Deaths – 15
Total Number of Injured – 40
