Ghana Airforce Military helicopter GHF C90 onboard with eight(8) crew members led by pilot Squadron Leader Boakye from Airforce Base Accra landed at Donkokrom, the district capital of Kwahu Afram Plains North on Saturday, December 5, 2020, at about 2:20 pm for distribution of electoral materials.
Aside from the deployment of electoral materials, the helicopter will also be used to airlift electoral Officers and security personnel to island communities on both Afram Plains South and North constituencies early morning of Monday.
The arrival of the helicopter is in response to Eastern Regional Police Command’s proposal for the provision the aircraft to airlift security personnel and electoral materials to Island Communities in the Kwahu Afram Plains area during the elections on December 7.
The Eastern Regional Police Commander DCOP Edward Johnson Akrofi -Oyirifi told the media that
the Command tabled a request for lifejackets and helicopter to facilitate its operations in Afram Plains Area and safeguard lives of its officers on the river during the election.
He said; “The request that the region has made because it was observed that, at times there will be delays in the conveyance of election materials and transportation of security personnel who are supposed to police the various polling stations so because they are Islands as you rightly said, Personnel will have to be ferried so we have requested for lifejackets for their use and if possible for helicopter services to transport the materials. That is the request that we are hoping that such arrangements will be made for the smooth conduct of the election in those areas.”
Source: Gossips24.com
