Dr. Solomon Kwarteng Forkuo has condemned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for thinking violence can win them the 2024.
As an astute researcher, Dr. Forkuo stated that the little intelligence his research team has gathered is that any political party that preaches violence isn’t attractive to electorates and that affects the number of votes they get.
Using the 2016 general elections as an example, Dr. Forkuo stated on Wontumi TV that when the NDC was preaching violence in the build up to the elections, candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo was talking about free SHS and maternal care and that won him the elections.
His statements stems on the back of the arrest of Razak Avoliya-a member of the NDC who was captured on video inciting political violence ahead of the 2024 general elections.
In an interview with journalist, Razak was heard encouraging the NDC not to hesitate to shed blood if it is what it will take to win power.
“As journalist, you were witnesses to a situation where people were shot and killed in the 2020 elections. So standing here today, I am to make that no NPP member can come and kill me.”
“So we are in and I will advise every true NDC member that in the 2024 elections when it becomes necessary to kill someone to win, kill them; even if it requires that you shoot someone or club them to win us power do it”, the NDC man said.
However, Dr. Solomon Kwarteng Forkuo described this as backward thinking which would rather harm the NDC’s chances of winning the 2024 general elections.