The Minister for the Interior, Alhaji Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has assured that persons involved in last Friday's Ablekuma North election re-run violence would be identified and punished in accordance with law.He said the John Dramani Mahama-led administration would not condone any form of electoral violence, irrespective of who is involved."I have spoken to the Inspector Gen­eral of Police, firmly, on all the happen­ings of Ablekuma North.

The videos (of the disturbances during the election re-run) have been forwarded to him.

I have instructed him to act swiftly and bring the perpetrators to book."We are not going to condone, wheth­er people within our party or outside our party into going around doing anything untoward.

We can assure the public that under the leadership of President Ma­hama, no such group will be allowed to form," Alhaji Muntaka stated.He gave this assurance at the Presiden­cy in Accra yesterday when he took his turn to address journalists at the maiden edition of the Government Accountabil­ity Series.The re-run of 19 polling stations in the Ablekuma North Constituency on Friday was marred by violence as unidentified thugs visited mayhem on some elector­ates.Notable among the assaulted was the former Minister for Fisheries and Aqua­culture Development, Hawa Koomson.The Minister for the Interior con­demned the violence and called it a scar on national conscience, having sustained the fourth republic for over three de­cades.According to Alhaji Muntaka, MP, Asawase, peace and security was para­mount to the holistic development of the country and won't be compromised.On why the perpetrators of the violence have not been arrested more than three days after their action, Alhaji Muntaka said identifying such groups has been a challenge."These guys after their action, they vanish from the system and it takes time to track them but the assurance is that we are not going to allow this to go unpunished.