MINUS WOULD BE ARRESTED IF THEY ATTEMPT TO VOTE

The Bawku Municipal Officer of E.C Mr. Boscos Azuh has warned that minus who forged their birth certificates and managed to get their names into the EC’s votes register will be arrested on the day of the elections should they ignore all warnings and come to vote.

“With the help of the security who are expected to be on high alert on December 7, all minus would be arrested and put before court to face the full rigors of electoral fraud” he said.

If you know you are underage but was encouraged by some bad political activists, advise yourself in order not to put your life in trouble; he advised.

Mr. Boscos Azuh said these at a stakeholder engagement forum organized in Bawku by the Bawku Literary Society with funding support from IBIS Ghana.

Mr. Azuh blamed the registration of underage on some party agents who have assumed some level of power to the extend that they feel that they can direct the affairs at polling centers meanwhile when they asked such agents to come for training in order for them to do the right thing, they fail to turn up. He advised all electorates to abide by the rules of election to ensure violent free elections this year.

The Bawku Municipal Crime Officer, Mr. J.A. Apoya advised Ghanaians to distant themselves from criminal and violence acts during this election year because the police are leaving no stone unturned to nib in the bud any criminal activity.

“If all the political parties are seeking for the good and development of Ghana why then should their supporters turn round to engage in acts that could mar the elections and possibly affect the development of the country, he asked?

The Senior Registrar of the Circuit Court in Bawku, Mr. Hamza Ustaz attributed violence especially at the coalition canters to the fact some individual get in and out of the coalition centers whiles coalition of results is in progress and more often, those people come out with wrong figures to incite others. He therefore advised that when coalition of results is still on going, security should be tightened to check any such movement.

A member of the Bawku Literary Society, Mr. Lukeman Imoro said this year’s election is indeed a test of the country’s democratic dispensation and a challenge to all Ghanaians to ensure that there is national cohesion, harmony and above all human security.

“With the current violent skirmishes in Tamale, Gushegu and some other places, we have no alternative but to step up efforts towards maintaining the relative peace in Ghana and most importantly in our dear town Bawku, he said.

Mr. Lukeman Imoro said as part of the society contribution toward peaceful and violent free elections, it will among other thing, engage key stakeholders, organize radio discussions, community outreach programs and parliamentary debates, all aimed at educating the people in Bawku on the need for peace and to enhance the public understanding of the electioneering process to enable Bawku to go through the elections peacefully.
JAMES DORGBETOR
BAWKU MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER

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