Sack IGP for not safeguarding lives of Ghanaians in election period – NDC MPs

The opposition party in Ghana’s Parliament are calling for the dismissal of the country’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh over violence recorded in the just-ended polls

The opposition are blaming the IGP for not maintaining the peace, as well as pockets of violence which led to loss of lives.

Ranking Member on Defence and Interior and NDC MP for Builsa South James Agalga insists the IGP failed to live up to his responsibilities.

“The IGP appeared before us (Parliament) and assured us that he was the chairman of the Election Security Taskforce. I remember clearly how the Minority Leader, Haruna Idrissu made it known to him that should anything go wrong, the Minority was going to hold him accountable for any breaches,” Mr. Agalga said

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He continued: “Now five people were killed. His men targeted innocent citizens, unarmed civilians, and fired at them, and he is still at post…if I were him, I would have the honourable thing by resigning but if he wouldn’t do so, he should be immediately dismissed.” He added as quoted by pulsegh.

Official figures show that six persons have so far perished due to violence during the 2020 general elections.

There were 61 recorded cases of electoral and post-electoral violence across the country.

Twenty-one of the incidents were true cases of electoral violence, six of which involved gunshots, according to the police.