Due to their inability to carry out their professional duties during the ongoing Limited Voter registration Exercise, three police personnel have been interdicted by the Ghana Police Service, effective immediately.
“Inspector Michael Addo, G/CONST, Eric Boakye, and G/CONST, Michael Gyan on May 11, 2024 failed to perform, in a proper manner, a duty imposed on them as officers in charge of security at the Electoral Commission Office at Adugyama in the Ashanti region when some persons attempted to disrupt the ongoing Limited Voter registration Exercise,” according to a police statement describing the affected policemen.
The interdicted personnel will be taken through the due disciplinary process of the Ghana Police Service.
In the meantime, the police have detained Collins Dauda, the Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, on suspicion of his involvement in the disturbances that took place on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at Kukuom in the Ahafo Region during the ongoing Limited Voter Registration Exercise.
One individual was hurt and is in the hospital getting treatment right now.
Police revealed that they are looking for additional suspects in relation to the incident in a brief statement.