The Ghana Police Service has arrested 12 individuals in connection with the violent destruction of the Electoral Commission (EC) office in Damongo.
The incident occurred in the Damongo Municipal Constituency, where a group of frustrated youth set fire to the EC office in protest over the delayed declaration of election results. The blaze caused extensive damage to the building and its contents.
Eyewitnesses reported that the youths, agitated by the prolonged wait for the election results, stormed the EC office and set it ablaze, with the fire rapidly consuming the entire structure.
ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, confirmed the arrests and shared details of the ongoing investigation.
“Preliminary investigation has established that the suspects attacked and caused damage to some state assets, including the setting ablaze of the EC office in Damango in the Savannah Region, causing damage to some residences of the district chief executives in some parts of the country and vandalising some collation centres.
“Additionally, some of these suspects broke into the school feeding programme warehouse in Tamale and made away with some items, including foodstuff.
“Footages of the attack, vandalism and looting have been obtained and are being reviewed by a team of investigators to get the perpetrators arrested to face justice.
“We urge the public to remain calm as police officers have been deployed to key locations with intensified patrols to maintain law and order,” she stated.
