According to reports from Accra, the capital city of Ghana, over 30,000 Police have been deployed to handle security issues in preparation for Supreme Court’s ruling on validity of the presidential election petition today.

Speaking to express the level of preparation by the Police, the spokesperson of the force Cephas Arthur says officials have been trained on what to do regarding the maintenance of peace and tranquility all over the country as soon as the ruling is made.

“According to the police administration, every police officer in the country will be on duty as far as the verdict of the court dispute is concerned. Everybody has been adequately briefed as to what to do and what to expect. We are also going to have those who are going to be on the standby to be called upon to manage rioting situations and others,” he said.

Speaking further, Arthur said, “We want to assure the people of Ghana that their police are up and doing.  They are adequately prepared mentally, logistically and even in terms of training. And that they [the public] can rely on their police service to provide security, prevent the occurrence of crime and when possible, when they occur they will be on hand to quell them. We are calling on them to exercise patience and keep cool and provide support for the police.”

It would be recalled that the credibility of the 2012 general election, where President John Dramani Mahama was elected, is being questioned by Nana Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Arthur also explained that the police would provide adequate security for those who are vulnerable to any post-court’s ruling attack.

“We are going to have those who are going to provide security to vulnerable persons and vulnerable areas. By that we mean very important personalities in the society, it could be the president, Nana Akufo-Addo, it could also be the lawyers of the two factions in court and it could be the judges who are adjudicating in this case. We are also talking about [protecting] vital installations like power stations, Bank of Ghana, Electoral Commission and other places.”

The police have worked assiduously with religious leaders, members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition NPP in ensuring peace after the ruling.

“For the first time the police have gone into a kind of pacifist approach towards provision of security. Where we have met some identifiable groupings or stakeholders, including the Islamic community, the Christian Council, the National House of Chiefs, the National Peace Council, the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Interior and the National Media Commission, the Youth of the NDC and the NPP to discuss the best way of doing this such that we don’t create a situation, which will demand the deployment of the forces,” said Arthur.