“We have embarrassed ourselves as a country. The National Security should be ashamed for what they did. Why should they fire warning shot in just a by-election?”

CODEO believes the presence of the men intimidated many voters and contributed to the very low turnout at the polls.

The independent observer group said it counted as many as 15 of such armed and masked persons at some polling stations during the elections.

“I am saying that if after the 2020 election Mahama is able to poll 40 percent of the total votes cast, I will step down from my position as chairman of the NPP in the Ashanti Region; I will not contest again.”

Mrs. Mensa “...the commission, therefore, condemns in no uncertain terms, attempts by sections of the society to link it with the alleged acts of violence. As a commission, our focus and our mandate is to conduct credible, transparent, fair elections that will uphold the will of the people as witnessed in all 137 polling stations at the constituency.”

"We will not accept anything short of identifying and punishing the persons who are now behaving in a manner as if Ghana is governed by the rule and not the rule of law.

"We expect the security agencies, particularly the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to identify all those persons who were in the vehicle.