A total of 61 electoral and post-electoral incidents were recorded across the country, the National Election Security Taskforce (NESTF) has said in a statement.
The National Election Security Taskforce (NESTF) noted that 21 of the incidents were true cases of electoral violence.
Six of them involved gunshots leading to the death of five persons.
According to the statement, two persons were injured in the Awutu Senya East constituency in the Central region from a shooting incident by civilians in the community on 7th December.
“In the Odododiodoo constituency in the Greater Accra region, there have been two dead and six injured from a shooting incident by civilians in the community during the post-election period on 7 December.”
“In the Ablekuma Central constituency also in the Greater Accra region, four injured, including a policeman from a shooting incident at the collation centre during the post-election period on 8 December,” the statement said.
The National Election Security Taskforce (NESTF) lauded the General public for their cooperation with pre-election security measures that was put in place.
Read the full statement below:
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