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Interior Minister Ambrose Dery said that police vehicles used during the violence in the by-election of Ayawaso-West Wuogon are not owned by the police.
He told the Commission investigation of the violence, that it is information that was transmitted to him by the Inspector General of Police David Asante Appietu.
The minister said that although the police service is responsible for internal security, the masked members who were active during the violence were not policemen.
Comments add to growing concerns that the police were not under control when violence erupted during the by-election held 31st January 2019.
It is the Minister of State for National Security, Bryan Acheampong, who admitted that masked agents and men wearing NSC T-shirts were national security agents deployed by him. .
At least six people were injured and hospitalized as a result of the activities of these officers.
Photo: Former President John Mahama and his former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, visited a victim of violence
Many believe that these men were part of a group of pro-government vigilantes, Invincible Forces, who gained notoriety for his acts of violence and political brutality.
The president had to admit that these groups embarrbaded his government.
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