The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mustapha Gbande, has issued a stern warning to participants in the party’s nationwide demonstration scheduled for Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
He emphasised that the NDC will not tolerate any disruptive behaviour during the protests.
In an interview with Citi FM on Monday, September 16, Gbande stated that the party’s internal security will take decisive actions against anyone who attempts to cause trouble.
The demonstration is aimed at pressuring the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct an audit of the voter register.
Mr Gbande assured that the protest would be carried out lawfully and that the party has made arrangements to ensure a peaceful event.
He stressed that the party’s security personnel are prepared to handle any attempts at disruption and that NDC’s security detail has been instructed to maintain order and address any issues swiftly, to ensure that the demonstration proceeds smoothly and without incident.
“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.
