The Inspector General of Police, Mr John Kudalor has assured all political parties that the police would remain neutral and impartial to them all, to ensure peaceful and violent free general elections in November, 2016.
He observed that the 2016 general elections was going to be very competitive and fiercely contested by all the political parties, noting that a neutral security was therefore very necessary that public peace, law and order was maintained.
Mr Kudalor gave the assurance in Tamale on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy call on the Northern Regional Minister as part of his nationwide tour to assess the preparedness of the Ghana Police Service towards the 2016 polls.
The IGP started the tour from Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region on Monday and is expected to move to the other regions after touring the Northern Region.
Mr Kudalor said the police was very much prepared to maintain law and order across the country noting that the Northern Region was dear to his heart and would not want to have any violent incident in the area during and after the general elections.
He appealed to the chiefs and traditional authorities in the area not to relent in the pursuit for peace, saying, “Try to solve all chieftaincy related disputes to give the Region utmost peace”.
Mr Abdallah Abubakari, Northern Regional Minister, expressed his condolences to the IGP and the entire Police Service over the demise of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Angwubutoge Awuni, Eastern Regional Police Commander, who passed on.
He also used the occasion to commend the police in the Region who according to him have been very proactive at maintaining law and order especially in conflict–prone areas of the Region.
Mr Abubakari appealed to the people and chiefs of the area to ensure that peace became their walking tool since without peace, there cannot be any development.
The IGP later paid a courtesy call on the Gulkpegu Naa Alhassan Abdulai and Dapkema Naa Alhassan Mohammed Dawuni and urged them to collaborate with the Police for a peaceful general election.
Mr Abubakari also inspected a police stimulation exercise to ascertain the preparedness of the personnel in dealing with violence situations. He finally addressed a durbar of police personnel in the Region.
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