The Ghana Police Service has arrested 12 suspects in connection with the destruction of the Electoral Commission (EC) office in Damongo.
The incident, which occurred on Sunday, December 8, resulted in significant damage to the office and its contents.
ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, announcing the arrest at a presser in Accra on Sunday noted that preliminary investigation had established that the suspects attacked and caused damage to some state assets, including the setting ablaze of the EC office in Damongo 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 food staff.
“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,” she added.
ACP Ansah-Akrofi urged the public to remain calm as police officers had been deployed to key locations with intensified patrols to maintain law and order.
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