Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno

Former Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has called for the dismissal of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, over the violence that marred the Ablekuma North election rerun on July 11, 2025.

According to Kwamena Duncan, the IGP has failed in his duties as head of the police service, and he does not understand why he is still at post.

“Kwame, I wonder why the IGP is still in office and carrying himself around. This is the national capital, and just 19 polling stations were involved. You had told the Electoral Commission that you wouldn’t be able to provide security for three polling stations, but you were able to provide for 19,” he fumed.

He further accused the police of neglecting their duties during the exercise.

“The police were sent there to do nothing. You saw policemen standing by, watching others attack people without doing anything, yet the IGP sat in council meetings.

“The only thing they went there to do was to put fear in Ablekuma voters,” Duncan added.

The election, which saw the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, Ewurabena Aubynn, elected as the Member of Parliament-elect for the constituency, was marred by violence.

Former Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, was assaulted along with other party members during the chaos.

The rerun, held on Friday, July 11, 2025, followed months of controversy over the initial parliamentary results declared in December 2024, after rioting at the collation center forced the suspension of vote counting from 19 polling stations.

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