The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, issued a stern warning ahead of the party’s nationwide demonstration on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, emphasising that the NDC will not tolerate any disruptive behaviour from participants.
He cautioned that any individual who attempts to cause trouble during the peaceful protest would be dealt with decisively by the party’s internal security.
Speaking ahead of the demonstration on the Eyewitness News on September 16, Gbande assured that the protest, aimed at pressuring the Electoral Commission (EC) to audit the voters register, would be conducted lawfully.
“We will walk as slowly as possible, that will take us to the Electoral Commission peacefully…we also do know that our brothers from the NPP intended to let some people wear our T-shirts to come and pretend as if they were part of the demonstrators and cause trouble so that we would get a bad name.
“We wouldn’t wait for the police to deal with such an act. We ourselves will detail our security guys to deal with such a threat the way it deserves if it shows its head.
“Because the NDC and the people of Ghana intend to embark on a very peaceful demonstration. A peaceful, demonstration that will manifest our disgust to enforce the cleanup or an audit of our voter register. if anybody covertly arranges to come and perpetrate illegality in that demonstration, we will deal with that person with any force that we can marshal at that level so that we do not take a bad name home,” he stated.
The NDC’s planned demonstration is expected to be held across all 16 regional capitals, with party officials presenting petitions at the EC’s regional offices and headquarters in Accra.
