Stay away from the polls on Saturday – from Mahama to the NDC militia

General News of Friday, February 22, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-02-22

Former President John Mahama warned all militia groups affiliated with the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the main opposition party, to stay away from the party's presidential primaries, scheduled for Saturday. January 23, 2019.

According to him, the police are able to provide adequate security and, therefore, no militia group should attempt to resume the work of the police.

On a day devoted to primaries, Mr. Mahama, one of the presidential candidates, told Accra-based Radio Gold: "We spoke to the Ghanaian police to ensure security in the country. 275 voting centers and hence the service will be in charge of security. No one else is going to provide security and, therefore, if someone goes there as an activist and you say that you are a security officer, the Ghana Police Service will be taking care of it. from you ".

Mahama also asked voters to "vote peacefully and return home peacefully."

The former president, who is one of the seven candidates, also called for the unity of the party members, because that was the only way for them to regain the power of the New Party Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 general election.

Mahama's call comes one day after President Nana Akufo-Addo called on the leaders of the two main political parties to meet and find ways to disband the party's militia groups.