Ahafo House of Chiefs commends security services for supervising elections

The President of the Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs, Nana Adu Baah II, has commended the security services for ensuring peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections in the region.

Speaking on his general assessment in the aftermath the December 7 polls, he said he was happy that the region did not record any major violence, which occurred in previous elections.

He explained that the police, military, fire service, immigration service, and the rest instituted and implemented proactive and reactive measures to combat people with ideas of fomenting violence in the course of the exercise.

According to Nana Adu Baah II, who doubles as the Paramount Chief of the Yamfo Traditional Area, the leaders of the security services ensured that the presence of their personnel was felt at the 779 polling stations in the region for voters and others to respect the electoral processes to avoid violence.

He mentioned that all the six constituencies (Tano North, Tano South, Asutifi North, Asutifi South, Asunafo North and Asunafo South) forming the Ahafo Region were heavily policed by the security agencies.

He added that security services made themselves available after the Electoral Commission (EC) declared President Nana Addo President-elect to ensure that New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters jubilate in modesty to avert any form of violence.

“We had a few skirmishes at some polling stations, but they were quickly solved by our eminent security personnel and EC officials, making those areas violence-free,” the Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs President stated.

Nana Adu Baah II applauded the Ahafo Regional Police Command, headed by DCOP Dr. Ernest Kwabena Owusu, and other security personnel who were imported into the region to help with the conduct of peaceful elections.

He hinted that the creation of the region, which brought into being the Regional Police Command, had played a vital role in this year’s elections.

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