Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sofo Rashid Tanko, popularly known as Computer, has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of hypocrisy in its recent comments about the police.
He said the governing party must allow the police to carry out their duties without political interference, particularly in the ongoing investigations into the violence that marred the Ablekuma North parliamentary election rerun.
His call comes after the NPP expressed distrust in the police ahead of the upcoming Akwatia Constituency by-election scheduled for September 2.
Speaking on ABC In The Morning, Tanko Computer dismissed the NPP’s claims of mistrust, stressing that the same police service the party now doubts was the one it relied upon throughout its tenure in power.
He emphasized that the current NDC government has only been in office for eight months and has not recruited new police officers during that period.
“Allow the police to do their job. They (NPP) were well represented at the meeting. How will you say you don’t trust the police, this same police you used for the past terms,” he argued.
Tanko Computer further noted that the police service inherited by the NDC government was the same machinery maintained under the previous administration.
He therefore described the NPP’s stance as disingenuous, adding that it was only an attempt to cast doubt on the neutrality of state institutions.
He maintained that the police must be given the space to enforce law and order without undue political pressure as the nation prepares for the critical Akwatia by-election.
