The Director of Public Affairs\u00a0at the Police Service, Superintendent Cephas Arthur has said the Talensi by-elections was not \u201cmarred\u201d in any way despite several attacks staged by various vigilante groups.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur security measures worked yesterday because we were able to deliver peaceful elections such that you will not say that\u00a0 the conduct of the elections was marred in any way.”<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”gfARAopWsR6SqWe4622ZowuGdfsJpWbY”]Some vigilante groups, Azorka boys and Bolga Bulldogs believed to be affiliated with the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) clashed during the just ended polls.<\/p>\n
Some vehicles were vandalized while others were severely injured<\/a><\/strong><\/span> but Cephas Arthur believes the Police Service managed to ensure a “peaceful election” in the face of the attack.<\/p>\n \u201cIrrespective of all the challenges that we had, we were able to deliver peacefully and to ensure that at the end of it all the process was not marred\u201d<\/p>\n He also denied assertions that the Police refused to ensure calm while the two groups were attacking each ot<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not true that the police stood by while people shot at each other.Many people would have died otherwise\u2026The fact that we did not make any arrests in Talensi does not mean the Police were ineffective,\u201d said Cephas Arthur.<\/p>\n \u201cWe also mounted snap checks at strategic locations within the constituency and all highways leading to the constituency.\u00a0 Our intelligence teams were also firmly on the ground,\u201d he added<\/p>\n Special Investigation Taskforce<\/strong><\/p>\n Cephas Arthur also condemned the attacks staged by the various groups, adding that a special investigation taskforce has been set up to investigate the case.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have identified such groups as Azorka Boys, Bamba Boys, Invincible Forces and Bolga Bull Dogs as the main political vigilante groups in these acts of lawlessness.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Police is hereby serving notice to all, that a Special Investigation Task Force has been established to investigate the membership of such illegal groups and their leadership with the view to prosecuting them in accordance with L.I. 1571 .\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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