Time for positive defiance – Asiedu Nketia charges IGP ahead of December elections

The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to remain impartial and committed to the ideals of the Ghana Police Service.

With barely five months to the general elections, the NDC Chairman stressed the need for resilience against undue pressure from higher authorities.

“My message to the IGP is simple, the day you were commissioned into leadership of our security services, you swore an oath to protect the interest of Ghanaians. You didn’t swear to protect the interest of any regime that is in power for the time being.

“If you fail, on the day of accountability, you will not have the president who is pressuring you now to come to your defence, you will be left on your own and your God. This is the time for positive defiance.

“You cannot be following wrong instructions under the excuse of order from above, no order from above. You swore an oath to protect this country,” he said.

Mr Aseidu Nketia, popularly known as General Mosquito, made this passionate appeal during the NDC campaign launch in Tamale on Saturday, July 27, 2024.

He also urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to publicly declare his commitment to a peaceful handover of power to the winner of the December 7, 2024, presidential election.

“Mr President, you’re the commander in chief of the Armed Forces. Your word to the security sector that you are interested in a peaceful election will be obeyed, ensure peaceful elections,” he said.

The launch officially kickstarts the party’s campaign on the theme, ‘Change To Reset Ghana’.