At least five people were killed in the violence that broke out during the December 7 election in Ghana.
The police confirmed the incident, saying over 60
violence-related incidents have been recorded since election day.
“Twenty-one of the incidents are true cases of electoral
violence, six of which involve gunshots resulting in the death of five,” the
police said.
Tensions are high over a tightly contested presidential race
between President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and John
Mahama, presidential candidate of National Democratic Congress (NDC)–even
though there are 10 other candidates.
Mahama, a former president, had accused Akufo-Addo of using
the military to intimidate voters and overturn the election in his
(Akufo-Addo’s) favour.
Both men have claimed that provisional results show that
they won the election.
The development comes after independent observers
congratulated Ghana for conducting largely peaceful polls.
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