The Ghana Police Service has arrested 12 individuals for their involvement in various acts of violence during the 2024 elections, including the destruction of the Electoral Commission (EC) office in Damongo.The arrests follow an incident in the Damongo Municipal Constituency, where frustrated youth set fire to the EC office in protest over delays in the declaration of election results.

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The fire caused extensive damage to the building and its contents.Eyewitnesses reported that the youth stormed the EC office and set it ablaze, with the fire spreading rapidly and consuming the entire structure.In a statement, the Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi, confirmed the arrests and provided details of the preliminary investigations.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.The Police assured citizens that they are working diligently to identify and prosecute all individuals responsible for the destruction and vandalism.

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