Police refute claims of electoral disturbances in Nsawam Adoagyiri

The Ghana Police Service has dismissed claims circulating in a viral video alleging electoral disturbances in Nsawam Adoagyiri following collation exercise by the Electoral Commission (EC) in Accra on December 21, 2024.

In the video, individuals are seen blocking roads and setting fires, purportedly in protest against the collation process. However, the Police have clarified that the incident shown in the video is unrelated to the event.

In a press statement issued on December 21, 2024, the Police stated: “The claim is false and has no correlation with today's collation exercise in Accra. The said incident is a reported case under investigation which occurred on 8th December 2024.”

The Police emphasized that the video is misleading and urged the public to disregard the claims.

“We urge the general public to remain calm since there is adequate deployment of security personnel in and around Nsawam Adoagyiri to ensure maintenance of law and order.”

Meanwhile, the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has been declared the winner of the constituency’s 2024 parliamentary election.

The declaration was made at the Greater Regional office of the Electoral Commission, where results of the disputed parliamentary elections are being resolved.

The EC Returning Officer for Nsawam Adoagyiri announced that Annoh-Dompreh polled 29,660 of the total votes cast, beating NDC’s Philibert Amenorpe Fummey, who got 29,433 votes.

The collation of the results was not completed on election day after supporters of the candidates who took part in the election besieged the constituency’s collation centre.

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, had indicated that only 143 polling station results of the constituency had been collated when the process came to a halt.

“On election day, supporters besieged the collation centre and brought the collation there to a halt. As mentioned, the Commission tried to start to complete the collation process on Friday, December 13. However, when the collation for 143 polling stations had been done, there was an agreement that they should put it on hold until the following day,” she said at a press briefing on December 19, 2024.

Jean Mensa added, “Sadly, that following day was not to be, and the collation was called off because we were informed by the police service that supporters of the parties were planning to besiege the police depot and to cause disruptions at the centre. We were advised to put it on hold, and so that collation is incomplete, and we cannot declare an outcome.”

𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐔𝐍𝐊 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐀𝐆𝐘𝐈𝐑𝐈 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘’𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐄 pic.twitter.com/Mm7iton9Uz

— Ghana Police Service (@GhPoliceService) December 21, 2024

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