The Ghana Police Service has arrested 12 individuals in connection with various electoral-related acts of violence, including the destruction of the Electoral Commission (EC) office in Damongo.
The arrest follows an incident in the Damongo Municipal Constituency, where a group of angry youth set fire to the EC office in protest over the delay in the declaration of election results. The fire caused significant damage to the building and its contents.
Eyewitnesses reported that the youth, frustrated by the prolonged wait for the election results, stormed the EC office and set it ablaze. The fire spread rapidly, consuming the entire structure.
In a statement, the Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi, confirmed the arrests and provided details of the preliminary investigation.
“Preliminary investigation has established that the suspects attacked and caused damage to some state assets, including the setting ablaze of the EC office in Damango in the Savannah Region, causing damage to some residences of the district chief executives in some parts of the country and vandalising some collation centres.
“Additionally, some of these suspects broke into the school feeding programme warehouse in Tamale and made away with some items, including foodstuff.
“Footages of the attack, vandalism and looting have been obtained and are being reviewed by a team of investigators to get the perpetrators arrested to face justice.
“We urge the public to remain calm as police officers have been deployed to key locations with intensified patrols to maintain law and order,” she stated.
