Two NDC Members of Parliament (MPs) have petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate deaths and injuries recorded in the 2020 elections.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, and Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah lodged a complaint against the Interior Minister, the Minister of Defence as well as the Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service and the Chief of Defence Staff of Ghana Armed Forces.
The entities are being held accountable for some seven deaths and eight injuries that occurred during the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
The complainants invoked the mandate of CHRAJ under Article 218(a) of the 1992 to investigate violations of rights, abuses of power as well as injustice and unfair treatment.
“The complainants demand that the Commission conduct investigations into the NESTF’s activities during the December 2020 elections at the Techiman South, Odododiodio, Ablekuma Central and Savelugu constituencies in the Bono East, Greater Accra Region, and Northern Regions of the Republic of Ghana,” the petition states.
“The Complainants also demand that the investigation identify officials of the Ghana Police Service and Ghana Armed Forces responsible for the unlawful acts the subject matter of the present complaint and the persons under whose command and instructions they acted.
“The Complainants finally demand that the investigation identify the role played by the Ministers of the Interior and Defence in terms of instructions and orders in relation to the conduct resulting in this complaint, and the lack of leadership or proper oversight to prevent, stop or respond in a manner to curb the violations”.
