The Ghana Police Service has apprehended 12 individuals in connection with electoral-related violence, including the destruction of the Electoral Commission (EC) office in Damongo.
The arrests follow a violent incident in the Damongo Municipal Constituency, where a group of angry youth set fire to the EC office in protest against delays in the declaration of election results. The fire caused extensive damage to the building and its contents, leaving the office completely destroyed.
Eyewitnesses reported that the youth, frustrated by the prolonged wait for results, stormed the EC office and set it ablaze. The fire spread quickly, consuming the entire structure and intensifying tensions in the area.
In a statement, ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, confirmed the arrests and shared findings from the initial investigation.
“Preliminary investigation has established that the suspects attacked and caused damage to some state assets, including the setting ablaze of the EC office in Damongo in the Savannah Region, causing damage to some residences of the district chief executives in some parts of the country and vandalising some collation centres,” she stated.
She further revealed additional incidents linked to the suspects, including breaking into a school feeding programme warehouse in Tamale and looting items such as food supplies.
“Footages of the attack, vandalism and looting have been obtained and are being reviewed by a team of investigators to get the perpetrators arrested to face justice,” ACP Ansah-Akrofi added.
The police assured the public that officers have been deployed to strategic locations, with intensified patrols to restore and maintain law and order.
“We urge the public to remain calm as police officers have been deployed to key locations with intensified patrols to maintain law and order,” she emphasized.
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