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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) today made an official application to the Inspector General of Police requesting for police protection for Gloria Akuffo, a member of the legal team for the petitioners in the ongoing Supreme Court case challenging the December 2012 elections, as well as for lead counsel for the petitioners, Philip Addison. This request was made after two �macho men� on a motorbike, on Friday 17th May 2013, two days after the office of Gloria Akuffo was burgled, went to the offices of Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co. demanding to know the residential address of Gloria Akuffo. Upon arrival in the building, the two were referred to floor that houses the law firm and demanded from the Secretary, the residential address of Gloria Akuffo. The Secretary turned down their request and turned them away as she told them Gloria Akuffo did not work at Akufo-Addo, Prempeh and Co. and such did not where she lived. The secretary subsequently reported the matter to Mr Alex Quainoo, one of the senior lawyers at the firm and also a member of the legal team of the petitioners. In light of this and other incidents, Captain Koda (rtd), the Head of Security of Nana Akufo-Addo�s outfit, earlier this week, went to the offices of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to inform him of these events and ask for official police protection for Gloria Akuffo and other members of the legal team. The IGP subsequently asked Captain Kodah to come with a formal written application, copied to the Director of Operations of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP John Kudalor, so the Police Service could formally act on the request. This official request, in the form of a letter, was presented to the IGP this morning. It is recalled that there was a recent break in of the office of Gloria Akuffo. This occurred in the morning of Wednesday May 15, 2013 resulting in the theft of two computers as well as the hard drive and memory of a server in the office. The first intrusion of her office was on Sunday December 16, 2012, barely a week after the general elections, and at a time the NPP had indicated its preparedness to challenge the December 2012 elections in court.