Probe acts of police brutality — NPP

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the Ghana Police Service to look into all acts of excessive force by the police during the demonstration by Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) in Accra on Wednesday.

The demonstration, which was also joined by the Alliance for Accountable Government (AFAG) and Movement for Change (MFC), was to advocate the compilation of a new voters register.

This, they explained, was because the integrity of the old register has been called into question.

A statement issued and signed by Mr Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, General Secretary of NPP, urged the police to look into the matter with all the seriousness that it deserves and ensure that those officers who perpetrated that act are brought to book in order to avert such occurrence in the future.

Excessive force

According to the statement, the party unreservedly condemns all acts of excessive force by the Ghana Police Service as witnessed during the p