Former President John Mahama has questioned the need for the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry by the government to probe the Ayawaso West Wuogon by election violence.
Questioning the admissibility of evidence gathered by Commissions of Inquiries in the past, Mr. Mahama said the state should have purely addressed the events of Ayawaso West Wuogon as criminal and handed over to the police for investigations.
Speaking at a meeting with Ghana’s diplomatic partners at Peduase, the NDC flagbearer aspirant said the Emile Short Commission would end nowhere.
NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia and Ningo Prampram MP, Sam George were in attendance.
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with the permission of President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday set up a Commission of Inquiry to look into the election violence that saw uniformed masked men supposedly national security personal, unleash violence on some citizens.
The Chairman of the Commission is Justice Emile Short. It also has former Dean of the Faculty of Law of GIMPA and private legal practitioner, Mr. Ernest Kofi Abotsi as its Secretary.
However some individuals including the General Secretary of the opposition NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia have expressed concerns over the move.
Mr. Asiedu Nketia had earlier indicated that the Commission is only a ploy to protect perpetrators of the violence.
Mr. Akamba had expressed his reservations over the credibility of the Commission, saying it lacked credibility.