A democracy advocacy group, Community Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-Ghana), has condemned the acts of violence witnessed during the rerun at 19 polling stations at Ablekuma North Constituency on Friday, 11th July 2025.
The rerun recorded one of the blizzard moments in Ghana's democratic space, where journalists and politicians were attacked unprovoked by unidentified individuals and security officers. "We strongly protest the violent attacks in which some citizens, including Hon.
Mavis Hawa Koomson, former Member of Parliament for Ewutu Senya East and Deputy National Organiser of the NPP, and Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei Asamoah, were brutally beaten at Ablekuma North," said Director of Community Focus Foundation Ghana, Richard Kasu.
He further indicated that "the unprovoked assault on Kwabena Agyekum Banahene, a journalist with GHOne TV (a subsidiary of the EIB Network), by a supposed police officer is equally condemned." JOYNEWS digital journalist Sally Martey was also not spared, as she was assaulted during violent scenes at the Ablekuma North constituency parliamentary rerun.