Assin North by-election: NPP calls on police to provide security at their stronghold

The Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the police.

to provide protection in their stronghold of Brekum in the Assin North constituency.

According to Richard Ahiagbah, the 800 deployed policemen on the ground are not.

up to the task.

“All we are calling the police to do is to ensure that they.

provide security the way they promised that they will bring men here,” he said in.

an interview on Joy FM’s Midday News on Tuesday.

This, he says is because the people National Democratic Congress (NDC) are preventing.

electorates from coming out in their numbers to vote.

He further accused the NDC of intentionally creating a hostile environment in the.

area.

“As I speak to you, there is a polling station in the last.

hour, initially, they started coming as of 11 or so.

When I got here, they’d voted about 270 something but the last time I went.

to check, it has only risen up to 282.

“Naturally, that tells you that people are being prevented from coming to vote.

because of the hostile environment created and we saying that this is an intentional deployment.

of the NDC to ensure that they suppress the votes in our stronghold,” he said.

When asked if his concerns have been reported to the police, he said.

the party has done that, however, “their performance on the grounds is not matching up”.