🇬🇭 Police in Ghana have arrested more than 100 people - mostly opposition supporters of President-elect John Mahama - over acts of lawlessness.
Supporters of the newly elected president who want jobs have allegedly attacked some state institutions, looted properties, and engaged in disturbances that have left some police and military personnel injured.
The irate supporters also torched two electoral commission offices due to a delay in announcing the outcome of Saturday's elections and disagreements over some parliamentary results.
Mahama has condemned the vandalism and called on President Nana Akufo-Addo and security agencies to "act decisively" in addressing the violence.
Vice-President Bawumia, the defeated presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has publicly called on the president-elect to reign in his supporters.
In Ghana, it is common for supporters of the winning party to take over state institutions, demanding that the incumbent government's appointees vacate their offices before the president-elect is sworn in.
This phenomenon is rooted in the country's winner-take-all politics, where the party in power gets to control everything, including jobs and contracts.
There have been similar attacks during previous transitions - a development which civil society has condemned.
The police have warned all individuals and groups engaging in violence, saying they will not tolerate any form of lawlessness.
#Ghana
@africaintel
Supporters of the newly elected president who want jobs have allegedly attacked some state institutions, looted properties, and engaged in disturbances that have left some police and military personnel injured.
The irate supporters also torched two electoral commission offices due to a delay in announcing the outcome of Saturday's elections and disagreements over some parliamentary results.
Mahama has condemned the vandalism and called on President Nana Akufo-Addo and security agencies to "act decisively" in addressing the violence.
Vice-President Bawumia, the defeated presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has publicly called on the president-elect to reign in his supporters.
In Ghana, it is common for supporters of the winning party to take over state institutions, demanding that the incumbent government's appointees vacate their offices before the president-elect is sworn in.
This phenomenon is rooted in the country's winner-take-all politics, where the party in power gets to control everything, including jobs and contracts.
There have been similar attacks during previous transitions - a development which civil society has condemned.
The police have warned all individuals and groups engaging in violence, saying they will not tolerate any form of lawlessness.
#Ghana
@africaintel