Contrary to claims by the police that all candidates of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election were offered protection, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Delali Kwasi Brempong, says he was not given any such protection.
The police had said all candidates were given police protection before, during and after the by-elections.
The move, according to them, was to ensure candidates are offered equal security to avert any pandemonium.
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Masked armed men stormed Mr Brempong’s house at Bawuleshie based on intelligence that there was a stockpile of arms there, leading to a clash that has resulted in gunshots
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When Mr Brempong took his turn at the Emile Short Commission of Inquiry into the violence he told the Commission that he saw no need to beef up security in his house.
The NDC candidate told the Commission he was showed pools of blood in front of his house after the masked men shot sporadically into the crowd.
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Mr Brempong said he was shocked to the core to the extent that his statement to the police was affected.