Independent parliamentary candidate for Nkoranza Constituency, Charles Owusu, has described the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) defeat in the December 7 polls as a deserved outcome, asserting it was a manifestation of divine justice.Speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo Morning Show, Charles Owusu, who served as a personal assistant to the late NPP General Secretary, Sir John, did not mince words about the party’s loss.

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He claimed, “If the NPP had not been lost, then the God that we serve would not have existed.”Owusu also criticized the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for allegedly stifling religious freedoms during the NPP administration. “For the first time in the history of Ghana, we received a letter from the IGP instructing that no prophecy should be issued in Ghana.

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On the 31st, when we were having our watch night service, we had police officers surrounding churches to intimidate prophets just to instil fear in them and stop them from prophesying,” he recounted.Owusu, a junior pastor to Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah of the Glorious Word Power Ministry, also lamented what he described as persecution suffered by his head pastor under the NPP-led government.

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He accused the police of selective justice and failing to address electoral violence effectively.“For the first time in the history of Ghana, police officers were wielding guns, and a mob had the effrontery to storm a police station. As a human being, the one place you run to for safety is the police. But now the police were rather running away; just look at what happened at Ejura. We have not heard anything from him (the IGP).

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”Owusu further accused the police of mishandling Reverend Owusu Bempah’s arrest. “Someone will say it is because he arrested Owusu Bempah. Yes, because he arrested Owusu Bempah, and the treatment he gave was not even befitting of an armed robber. I had to kneel down to beg them to send him to court,” he said.

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He, however, praised newly elected President John Dramani Mahama for initiating steps to investigate electoral violence and deaths shortly after assuming office. “I applaud the president for directing the IGP to institute an investigation into the electoral-related violence,” Owusu stated.The December 2024 elections marked a significant victory for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), with John Mahama winning the presidency with 56.

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42% of the votes, defeating NPP’s Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who garnered 41.75%. The NDC also secured a parliamentary majority with 183 seats, while the NPP managed 88. Independent candidates won four seats, and one seat remains undecided.Owusu’s remarks have added to the ongoing national discourse about the election’s outcomes and the accountability of past administrations.

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