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The Ghana Police Service has been charged by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to deal with all those who fomented violence at the just ended voters’ registration exercise without fear or favour.

President Akufo-Addo condemning unreservedly pockets of isolated incidents of violence in his 15th address of the nation on Covid-19 said that the exercise generally was peaceful regardless of the doom prophecies.

He stressed that there were some people who preached negatively towards the exercise, swearing to resist the Electoral Commission (EC) from carrying out its constitutional mandate but they ended up taking part in the exercise.

“However, there were those who expressed various degrees of hysteria and negativity towards the exercise; with some who sworn heaven and earth to resist the compilation of the register at the peril of their lives ending up registering. There were also those who offered delicate personal sacrifices in the event of the register, again ending up registering”.

“And there were those who claimed that in the midst of the pandemic, the registration exercise should not be conducted; with some warning of an explosion in our case count, a very high numbers of deaths should the exercise go ahead”, he stated.

President Akufo-Addo however commended Ghanaians for stepping out to perform their civic duty by going out to register in an awkward situation of Covid-19 pandemic.

He again commended the Electoral Commission (EC) for conducting such a complex exercise involving millions of citizens at this time and also for the fact that the process was overwhelmingly orderly, peaceful and safe.

“By the grace of God, the work of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the effective measures put in place by government, these prophecies of doom did not materialise”.

“There were nonetheless deeply regretted isolated incidents of violence which I condemn unreservedly and which I expect the police to deal with without fear or favour but the exercise was generally peaceful”, he said.