The Communications Director of the 2024 Bawumia campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has expressed regret for preventing New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters from invading collation stations ahead of the final declaration of results.
He recalled that the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, had urged supporters to move to their respective constituency collation centers.
According to him, if the NPP had anticipated this strategy by the NDC, they would not have allowed themselves to be cheated.
Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen, Aboagye acknowledged that ensuring stability and peace in the country was a priority.
However, he claimed that while the NPP sought to maintain calm, the NDC employed violence, and the NPP could have matched them had they not cautioned their supporters.
He alleged that the NDC was prepared for violence, while the NPP refrained from retaliation to maintain order.
Aboagye further indicated that if the NPP had not restrained its supporters from storming polling stations, there would not have been a smooth transition of power by now.
He stressed that the NPP refrained from violence because they believed they were leading based on their internal data, making it unnecessary to disrupt the process.
“We had to remain calm because we were in the lead. We went through election 2024 with Ghana intact, and that was exactly what we did,” he stated.
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