Three years after the 2020 elections that claimed eight lives, National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Dramani Mahama has called President Nana Akufo-Addo’s silence heartbreaking and unethical.

The Former President lambasted the purported use of “thugs and rogue elements within the security agencies” in a statement released to mark 31 years of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. He claimed that these elements are frequently employed to “disrupt elections in some parts of the country, as occurred in the 2020 elections, leading to the loss of eight (8) lives.”

He declared that it is intolerable that “President Nana Akufo-Addo has not uttered even a word of sympathy to the bereaved families” while the murderers carry on with their lives as free men.

“The use of thugs and rogue elements within the security agencies to disrupt elections in some parts of the country as occurred in the 2020 elections, leading to the loss of eight (8) lives, will forever be remembered as Ghana’s day of infamy and an indelible blemish on our democratic credentials established over the last 32 years of constitutional rule.”

“On a rather sad note, it is unconscionable that three years after these tragic events, our President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has not uttered even a word of sympathy to the bereaved families. The perpetrators of these murders continue to walk as free men and still hold on to positions of authority and power.”

Mahama declared that “the loss of even one Ghanaian life will not be countenanced” in addition to urging citizens of Ghana to maintain constant watchfulness as we get ready for the elections in December.

“This government must appreciate that they have an obligation to guarantee peaceful elections this year and the loss of even one Ghanaian life will not be countenanced.

“I urge all Ghanaians to exercise eternal vigilance as we prepare for elections later this year to ensure that no abuses of the system ensue and that only the choice of the people, exercised freely, prevails.”