Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the former National Chairman of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has pledged that the party will adamantly oppose the use of armed forces to scare voters in the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 7.
His statement comes after the NDC claimed that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) was planning to rig the next elections in collusion with Brig. Gen. Michael Kwadwo Opoku, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Central Command of the Ghana Armed Forces.
Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer for the NDC, accused Brigadier General Opoku of conspiring with President Akufo-Addo to sabotage the election process during a news conference on Tuesday, November 19.
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He claimed that “ballot stuffing, the swapping of ballot boxes, the exchange of pink sheets, and other covert activities” are all part of the tactic.
Speaking to reporters in the Eastern Region’s Fanteakwa South constituency, Ofosu-Ampofo reaffirmed the NDC’s resolve to oppose any efforts to intimidate voters.
“We have condemned vigilantism in all its forms, and so we have been calling on the security agencies to act impartially—as state security agencies, not party security agencies. But the NDC will not sit back and allow anyone to subvert the will of the people. We will resist it with all our might.
“Any soldier who thinks we can be threatened with claims that after voting, we should go and sleep should take note: NDC supporters don’t go to sleep after voting. Remain vigilant, watch every vote being counted, and stay until the results are declared—and John Mahama is pronounced President of the Republic of Ghana. We will not sleep and we will not be intimidated by any military officer.”
Additionally, Ofosu-Ampofo encouraged National Election Security Taskforce (NESTF) Chairman and Inspector General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare to maintain professionalism and guarantee a peaceful and fair election.
The NPP, meanwhile, has denied the NDC’s claims of vote-rigging.
The NPP’s National Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye, often known as Nana B, denied the allegations at a counter-press conference on Wednesday, November 20, calling them “baseless and unsubstantiated.”
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On the contrary, he claimed that the NDC was planning to rig the election.
