Police in Ghana have arrested greater than 100 community – most commonly opposition supporters of President-elect John Mahama – over acts of lawlessness.

Supporters of the newly elected president who need jobs have allegedly attacked some circumstance establishments, looted homes, and occupied in disturbances that experience left some police and armed forces staff injured.

The irate supporters additionally torched two electoral fee workplaces because of a prolong in pronouncing the result of Saturday’s elections and disagreements over some parliamentary effects.

Mahama has condemned the vandalism and known as on President Nana Akufo-Addo and safety companies to “act decisively” in addressing the violence.

Vice-President Bawumia, the defeated presidential candidate of the governing Pristine Patriotic Birthday celebration (NPP), has publicly known as at the president-elect to reign in his supporters.

In Ghana, it’s usual for supporters of the profitable celebration to to enter circumstance establishments, difficult that the incumbent govt’s appointees abandon their workplaces prior to the president-elect is sworn in.

This phenomenon is rooted within the nation’s winner-take-all politics, the place the celebration in energy will get to regulate the whole lot, together with jobs and assurances.

There were indistinguishable assaults right through earlier transitions – a construction which civil family has condemned.

The police have warned all people and teams attractive in violence, pronouncing they are going to now not survive any method of lawlessness.

Up to now 106 community had been arrested, together with 9 who had been arrested on Tuesday over the burning of an electoral fee place of business within the Japanese Pocket.

The Ghanaian military has additionally cautioned the nation towards makes an attempt to disarm squaddies, following incidents of teams focused on the ones deployed to aid the police to conserve line within the nation.

“The Ghana Armed Forces wishes to caution that military personnel on authorised duty have the right to defend themselves, innocent civilians, and property, including the use of lethal force, if necessary to preserve life,” mentioned a commentary signed by way of Brig Gen E Aggrey-Quarshie.

Catholic bishops have condemned the violence as “unacceptable and go against the core values of peace, unity, and respect for life that we, as a nation, hold dear”.

They’ve steered political leaders to snatch accountability for the movements in their fans.

In a are living broadcast on Tuesday night time, Mahama condemned the acts of vandalism and steered his supporters to workout restraint, generation additionally calling at the outgoing management and safety companies to snatch fast motion.

“Because state power is still in the hands of the present administration, I call on the president and security agencies to act decisively to curb the ongoing acts of lawlessness immediately,” he mentioned.

Mahama is because of be sworn in on 7 January 2025.