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General news for Thursday, December 10, 2020
Source: Starr FM
2020-12-10
Police have confirmed that five people were killed by incidents related to the nationwide elections.
The Ghana Police Service has confirmed that five people have been killed in 61 election and post-election incidents across the country.
In a statement, the Police stated that 21 of the incidents are actual cases of electoral violence, six of which involve shots that resulted in the deaths of five.
The cases, according to police, occurred in the Awutu Senya East constituency, the Odododiodio constituency, Ablekuma Central and other districts across the country.
Below is the full statement
SECURITY OUTLOOK FOR THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION.
The National Election Security Task Force (NESTF) has overseen the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections in a professional manner and commends the public for their cooperation with the pre-election security measures implemented and executed during the electoral period.
Registered cases.
However, between 0700 hours on December 7, 2020 and 1000 hours on December 9, 2020, the NESTF Joint Operations Center has recorded a total of sixty-one (61) electoral and post-electoral incidents nationwide. . Twenty-one of the incidents are actual cases of electoral violence, six of which involve shootings that resulted in the deaths of five.
3.The shooting cases occurred as follows:
i.Central region, Awutu Senya East constituency: 2 injured in a shooting by civilians in the community during the electoral period of July 20, 2020.
ii. Greater Accra region, Odododiodio constituency: 2 dead and 6 injured in a shooting by civilians in the community during the post-election period on 07-12-20.
iii. Greater Accra Region, Central Ablekuma: 4 injured, including a policeman, from a shooting at the collection center during the post-election period on 08/12/20.
iv Bonus East region, Techiman South constituency: 2 dead and 4 wounded by shots fired by security personnel at the collection center during the post-election period on 08/12/20.
against the northern region, Savelugu constituency: an incident of shooting by civilians at the police station, when people besieged the station during the post-election period on 08/12/20.
vi. Northern region, Savelugu constituency: 1 dead and 3 injured in a shooting perpetrated by civilians in the community during the post-election period of 08/12/20.
The NESTF considers that the recorded incidents are incidents that could have been prevented and therefore condemns their occurrence and undertakes to investigate each of them.
Fake news
5. The NESTF saw old videos in circulation, portrayed as incidents related to the ongoing electoral exercise. The videos included regional police simulation exercises in the run-up to this year’s elections, where the media were invited to cover as part of the police engagement with the media, as key stakeholders in Ghana’s democracy.
6. Once again, NESTF condemns these postings and advises that it is against the law for anyone to send false or misleading communications. Anyone who indulges in it will be arrested and prosecuted.
7. NESTF continues to urge the public to calm down during this waiting period for the results to be declared by the Electoral Commission.
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