The New Patriotic Party (NPP) General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua, has declared that the party will not step in to defend party members who have been detained by the police on suspicion of being involved in disturbances that caused a parliamentary primary rerun to be disrupted in Walewale.

Due to interference during the sorting process, the Electoral Commission was forced to void the outcomes of the parliamentary rerun.

At a press conference, Justin Kodua Frimpong emphasised that the party supported the arrest and that individuals who were taken into custody ought to face charges.

“The Ghana Police Service, and for the information that we have, we know they arrested some people yesterday, so I want us to leave it to the professionals to do their job. But what I can say is that the party will give helpful support to the Ghana Police Service and anyone who will be established as the one being the cause of the chaos in the electoral process. They will be dealt with according to the laws of the country.”

“The party will not come in to make any plead for such a person. The New Patriotic Party is not known for violence. The New Patriotic Party, per our record, shows clearly that we are a party that believes in the rule of law. We are a party that believes in internal democracy and, therefore, will not do anything that will undermine the peace and stability in our party.”

“We have the power to deal with issues concerning parliamentary matters, and we’ve done it before. So certainly, I can assure you that tomorrow, a decision will be made by the national executive committee of our party, which has to be made because Friday is the deadline for the closed-door nomination.”

“So certainly a decision will be made, and the decision will be based on one that addresses the issues that happen at Walewale, one that will seek to reconcile the party at Walewale and that will also seek to bring unity at Walewale and make sure that the party retains its seat at Walewale,” he said.