Sam Nartey George, a member of parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency, has praised Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector General of Police, for sending officers to Assin North ahead of and during Tuesday's by-elections.
In particular, he claimed that in the polling places, when "enough" cops repelled criminals, the police kept their position and made sure that security was maintained.
In response to a question on The Keypoints on TV3/3FM on Saturday, July 1, he stated, "The same way the security services stood their grounds in Assin North."
I'd want to thank the security services. I encountered IGP Dampare, who I consider to be one of his harshest detractors, at the Gangan A and B Voting Station in Assin North. I told him, "IGP, I commend you for the deployment you have done today." Notwithstanding my criticism of you in the past, I must praise you for the deployment you made today. I'm content with you.
For the work completed last Tuesday "because the police were on their beat," the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP claims he owes the IGP not just a humble pie but also a "full" cake at the police headquarters.
James Gyakye Quayson, the NDC's candidate for parliament, won the by-elections by a margin of 57.56 percent against Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG).
The IGP requested that all bodyguards of officials who would be present during the elections hand over their guns during a meeting with the leadership of the political parties and the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) before the vote.
Sam George claimed he first disagreed with this instruction but eventually recognized it as one of the IGP's well-supported choices.
Although we noticed some NPP private security personnel in plain clothing carrying firearms, they claimed that as an MP, my official bodyguard was not authorized to carry his weapon. I didn't understand why, but the IGP insisted on it and said that nobody should carry a weapon.
At least the presence of law enforcement personnel at the voting station was sufficient to deter the NPP criminals who had been brought in, and I commend them for their efforts.
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