Ghana Academic Urges Political Neutrality in Police Operations to Prevent Electoral Violence

Keep political actors out of police affairs to tackle electoral violence — Asah-Asante

Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has called on political actors to stay out of police affairs to enable the Ghana Police Service to effectively tackle electoral violence and political vigilantism. He said political interference has weakened the ability of the police to deal decisively with groups whose activities threaten Ghana’s electoral process. Speaking on the AM Show on JoyNews via Zoom, Dr Asah-Asante said political actors have, over the yea...

By Caleb Ahinakwah