The Accra Regional Police Command has assured it is taking steps to identify and prosecute perpetrators of violence during the Ablekuma North parliamentary election rerun on July 11.
This is contained in a press release signed by the Head of Public Affairs, Supt Juliana Obeng on July 12.
“The Regional Command is taking steps to identify perpetrators, and anyone found to have engaged in acts of violence, intimidation, or breach of the peace will be arrested and taken through the due process of law,” Madam Obeng wrote.
The press release noted that, ” The Accra Regional Police Command recorded some isolated incidents of violence, including cases of assault resulting in disorder at some polling stations during the Ablekuma North parliamentary re-run held yesterday, Friday, 11th July 2025. Preliminary reports indicate that these incidents caused temporary disruptions to the otherwise peaceful conduct of the election in some polling stations. Police officers intervened promptly to restore calm and ensure voting continued without further interruptions,” parts of the release read.
The Accra Regional Police Command encouraged “anyone with information on the persons involved in these incidents to contact the Police through emergency numbers 18555 or 191 to assist with ongoing investigations.”
It is recalled that 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.
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.
