Assistant Commissioner of Police
(ACP) James Azumah Abass-Abaah, said 3,865 security personnel would
be deployed to polling stations in the Eastern Region.
The police officer in an interaction
with journalists in Koforidua on Wednesday disclosed that the
region has 2, 961 polling station in
the 33 constituencies, and that security measures at identified
flashpoints would be strengthened.
ACP Abass-Abaah appealed to media
personnel, especially those working at FM stations, to be
circumspect in their reportage in order not to create unnecessary
fear and panic among Ghanaians.
He advised media personnel to
cross check their facts from the
Regional Election Security Task Force Media Sub-Committee before dissemination.
“Media personnel should inform the
Media Sub-Committee before rushing
to any crime scene during the election period to enable them (the
media personnel) to be provided with adequate security at the crime
scene”.
ACP Abass –Abaah asked political
parties to educate their supporters on the need to maintain peace
on the polling day.
He advised minors not to vote, and
warned that the laws would deal with any minor who would infringe
on the law barring people below 18 years of age from
voting.
ACP Abass –Abaah said no law allows
any one from physically preventing a
registered voter from casting ballot.
He advised the electorate not to
loiter around polling stations after voting and said motor bikes
were not to be packed at least 200 metres away from polling stations.
ASP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, the Regional
Public Affairs Officer, said the media Sub-Committee would operate round the clock at
the joint Operations Centre to handle all media related
issues.
He asked media personnel to contact
Sub-Committee or the Regional Police
Headquarters for any information on the election.
