A 2024 independent parliamentary candidate for the Nkoranza Constituency, Charles Owusu, has stated that the defeat suffered by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 7 polls was well deserved.
Speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo Morning Show, Charles Owusu, a personal assistant to the late General Secretary of the NPP, Sir John, said a victory by the outgone ruling party would have signified the nonexistence of God.
“For the first time in the history of Ghana, we received a letter from the IGP (Inspector General of Police), instructing that no prophecy should be issued in Ghana…. If the NPP had not been lost, then the God that we serve would not have existed.
“On the 31st, when we were having our watch night service, we had police officers surrounding churches to intimidate prophets just to instil fear in them and stop them from prophesying,” he stated.
Charles Owusu, who doubles as a junior pastor to the founder and leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, also lamented the persecution suffered by his head pastor under the erstwhile government through the police.
He criticised the police service for failing to discharge their duties effectively and failing to investigate the violence and deaths that occurred in the 2020 and 2024 general elections.
He applauded the new president, John Dramani Mahama, for directing the Inspector General of Police to institute an investigation into the electoral-related violence, which led to some deaths just a few days after he assumed power.
“For the first time in the history of Ghana, police officers were wielding guns, and a mob had the effrontery to storm a police station. As a human being, the one place you run to for safety is the police. But now the police were rather running away; just look at what happened at Ejura. We have not heard anything from him (the IGP). But this was a man who was arresting people here and there.
“As I am talking, someone will say it is because he arrested Owusu Bempah. Yes, because he arrested Owusu Bempah, and the treatment he gave was not even befitting of an armed robber. I had to kneel down to beg them to send him to court,” he said.
The National Democratic Congress claimed a significant victory in the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.
John Mahama won the presidency with 56.42% of the total votes against Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party, his closest contender, who garnered 41.75% of the total votes.
In the parliamentary contest, the NDC won a significant majority with 183 seats in their favour, while the NPP gained 88. Independent candidates won four seats, while one seat remains outstanding.
