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Military was not sent to intimidate voters- Oppong Nkrumah

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Government has refuted claims that the military was deployed to polling stations to intimidate Ghanaians.

Speaking at a media briefing, Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said: “It is not true that the military was sent to any polling station to intimidate voters. We have shared reports from CODEO, African Union, European Union, ECOWAS, nobody saw this except our friends in the NDC who are claiming that the military was sent to polling stations to intimidate people from casting their ballots.”

“The election security taskforce addressed the nation on instances in which force had to be used. If somebody goes to the polling station to snatch a ballot box and the military or a plain-clothed security officer, like what happened in Awutu Senya West, has to fire a weapon to ensure that the election is not compromised, that is not equal to sending the military into a polling station to intimidate voters,” he said on Thursday, December 10.

His comment was in reaction to a question on NDC’s allegation about NPP’s use of the military to sway election results.

“In Techiman South, the NDC Candidate won. Having won, you saw them use the military unprofessionally. They used guns to shoot and to scare away our agents. Guns do not vote and we will not be intimidated. Now their modus operandi is to use the security and the military to intimidate and shoot,” NDC MP-elect for Tamale South, who is also the Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, told journalists at a Press Conference on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.

However, commenting on the issue, Oppong Nkrumah said security agencies rather foiled attempts by outsiders to compromise the collation exercise.

“If there is a collation going on, and an attempt by outsiders to disrupt collation, and the security agencies have to ward off these persons who intend to compromise the exercise from continuing with their acts, it is not military intimidating people at polling stations. We have to be clear on the narratives that we put out.”

Story filed by Charles Sarpong Amponsah.

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