Election 2024: EC, Police must be proactive to avoid blood bath - Security Analyst

Renowned Security Analyst, Osabutey Abass has called on the Electoral Commission of Ghana and the Ghana Police Service to be proactive in the ongoing election process to avoid possible blood baths

The Executive Director for Platform for Peace and Security Africa has urged both EC and the police to always deploy enough security to major political hotspots to deter hooligans from causing mayhem

"Political hotspots are well documented and so I expect the EC to work with security agencies to ensure such areas are well guarded to avoid chaos."

Speaking on Kumasi-based OTEC 102.9 FM's afternoon Political show dubbed ‘Dwabrem’ on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, Osabutey Abass called on the EC to revise its notes, identify all the hotspots and ensure adequate deployment of security to such areas to avoid problems

EC, Police handling of Security issues Worrying

Osabutey Abass again described as worrying how the Electoral Commission of Ghana EC and the Ghana Police Service are handling security issues in the ongoing election processes

According to him, EC and GPS mostly wait for problems to erupt before reacting to them.