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The Christian Council of Ghana has reproached suggestions made by the Director of Elections for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Elvis Afriyie Ankrah to his members to act violent in retaliation to any violent attack they meet at the registration centres.

According to the Council, political parties must allow institutions in the country mandated to enforce law and order to do their work without any interference.

“I will urge my brothers in the opposition to exercise patience and everything will work out well,” Rev. Dr. Cyril Fayose said Wednesday on Top Story.

Director of elections for the NDC Elvis Afriyie Ankrah indicated that the police on various occasions have failed to protect members of the party, therefore, members must adopt all forms of defense mechanisms even if it means getting violent.

“Take whatever means to defend yourselves,” Mr. Afriyie Ankrah urged. The Christian Council nonetheless does not agree with the party on these comments.

“Take whatever means to defend yourselves,” Mr. Afriyie Ankrah urged. The Christian Council nonetheless does not agree with the party on these comments.

Rev. Dr. Cyril Fayose, however, insisted that security agencies must work to ensure that the laws of the land are enforced devoid of any biases.

“We believe that we have institutions in this country that have been established to take care of such situations. So I believe we must trust in that apparatus and if that apparatus is seen to be weak and not doing what it is supposed to do then we must call them to task and ask them to do what they have to do and not take the law into our own hands. I don’t think that is a right call at this time,” he said.

The Council further called for the arrest and prosecution of persons found to be guilty of perpetrating violence in the ongoing voter’s registration exercise.