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General Secretary of the Opposition NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has asked the government to investigate the cause of the death of two persons during the just ended voter registration exercise. 

He says it is the surest and best way to ensure violence-free general elections.

Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that if the perpetrators of such heinous crime are arrested and prosecuted, it will bring finality to the matter and also make the various political parties more committed to the peace accord they have signed on to.

According to him a Member of Parliament (MP) was slapped, another was pepper-sprayed but nothing was done to these people.

"How can you ensure peace when you do not instill discipline by ensuring that those who were involved in such acts were brought before the law and justice served?" he asked.

He says he expects the President, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo under whose watch these things happened to clear his name by making sure that the two innocent people who were killed during the registration exercise have their matter investigated thoroughly, offenders brought before the law and punished if they are found guilty.

A 28-year-old man was killed after he was stabbed in the back at Banda in the Bono Region by men reported to be New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters.

Deceased persons

Silas Wulochamey, a new graduate from Akim Oda Teacher Training College was allegedly accosted by the men at Banda Kabrono when he returning from a visit to his pastor at Wenchi Methodist.

The deceased is said to be an apolitical person but was mistaken to be a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

One person also died, with two others in critical condition after a renewed clash between some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region during the mop exercise of the voter registration exercise

This was after some gunshots were fired on Saturday, August 8, 2020.

The Member of Parliament for Dormaa West constituency, Ali Maiga Halidu has accused the NDC of bussing thugs from Sankore and Kasapin in the Ahafo Region to intimidate members of the NPP.