Sam George Fires Back Over Ablekuma North Chaos: “Those Who Justified Ayawaso 2019 Should Remain Silent”

By Joylinda Laryea / July 11, 2025

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has issued a scathing response to critics of the violence that marred the Ablekuma North parliamentary election rerun, warning that individuals who defended similar acts during the 2019 Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election have no moral right to condemn the latest incidents.

In a strongly worded post on his official facebook page, the outspoken legislator called on the leadership of the Ghana Police Service, including the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), to act on a complaint he filed in 2019 following an assault on him during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election.

“Dear IGP of the Ghana Police Service and DG of the CID, I am still waiting for the Police to act on my complaint from Ayawaso West Wuogon. It must be treated on a first-come, first-served basis,” Sam George posted.

He emphasized that justice delayed in his own case continues to highlight systemic double standards, adding, “Let no one who justified the 2019 incident dare try to speak today. You sowed the wind, and you have reaped the whirlwind. What was sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.”

The post comes in the wake of violent scenes at the Odorkor Methodist 1 Polling Station, where Deputy National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei Asamoah, and former MP Hawa Koomson were reportedly assaulted by thugs during the rerun of the Ablekuma North parliamentary elections.

Sam George, a vocal critic of political violence, hinted at deeper frustrations with the lack of accountability over the years, stating, “I have not started yet. This is just the beginning. We would all live in Ghana. One love.”

The Ningo-Prampram MP was one of the most high-profile victims of the 2019 Ayawaso violence, where uniformed men believed to be state security operatives assaulted civilians and disrupted the by-election.

His comments have reignited public discourse around impunity, selective justice, and the dangerous normalization of political violence in Ghana’s electoral processes.