The Inspector General of Police Dr George Akuffo Dampare has given the police who were deployed to Kumawu to supervise the by-elections a pat on the back.
Dr Dampare was seen cross-crossing the constituency throughout the election day on Tuesday, May 23 to ensure that the exercise went on peacefully and according to the laws of the land.
The Inspector General of Police arrived days ahead of the polls in Kumawu in the Ashanti Region to touch base with the Police deployment on the ground and also assess security preparedness ahead of the Tuesday polls.
He arrived in the area on Saturday, May 20.
Dr Dampare and other senior police officers had been walking through the streets of the town.
They interacted with members of the community, Police officers and motorists as part of a security tour ahead of the upcoming by-election.
At the end of the polls, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Ernest Yaw Anim won by a landslide margin.
He polled 15,264 votes to defeat the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Kwesi Amankwah, and the two other Independent Candidates.
The NDC’s Kwesi Amankwah managed 3,723 votes while Kwaku Duah (1) had 2,478 votes with the other Kwaku Duah managing a paltry 62 votes.