A total of 89 suspects have been arrested in connection with various post-election offenses, the Direc­tor of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Com­missioner of Police (ACP) Grace Ansah-Akrofi, has said.

According to her, 40 of these suspects were directly connected to the acts of "vandalism, looting and destruction" of properties.

ACP Ansah-Akrofi gave the announcement at a press confer­ence in Accra yesterday organised by the National Election Security Task Force (NESTF) to brief journalists about post-elections maintenance of peace, secu­rity, law and order.

ACP Ansah -Akro­fi said that all these suspects were in custody and would be taken through the due process of the law to ensure justice.