Politics of Wednesday, 9 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comThere was no form of military intimidation in Volta region – Koku AnyidohoChief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute, Koku AnyidohoChief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho has come out to clear the air on allegations made by some persons and political parties that military men were deployed to the Volta region to intimidate eligible voters in the just ended general elections. According to him, there was no sort of intimidation at various polling centres he visited with his team in the Volta region. Wherever we went in the volta region from the southern belt, the middle belt, and the northern belt, there was no form of intimidation at all.”He also lauded the Electoral Commission for conducting credible, free, fair elections on Monday, December 7, 2020. The Defence Minister in a response to the afore-mentioned claim said the military men were deployed to secure all borders of the country in the wake of the deadly coronavirus. He stressed that the military men in the Volta Region were to support the Ghana Immigration Service to enforce the closure of borders directive issued by Akufo-Addo.

Source: GhanaWeb December 09, 2020 13:07 UTC