Nii Tetteh Otu II, paramount chief of the Kpone Traditional Council (KTC), has called on supporters of both the petitioners and respondents in the ongoing election petition, currently before the Supreme Court (SC), not to provoke one another after the court has given its final verdict either on August 29 or Sept. 4, 2013.
He explained; “By all means, there will be a loser and a winner. How does the loser or winner react? This is our worry. We worry because there are small groups within either the winners or losers who are bent on causing trouble.
“They do not like peace; they enjoy an environment of strife because that is what gives them a feeling of importance. It is this type of recalcitrance we want to admonish”.
Nii Tetteh Otu II made the call in a statement read on his behalf by Mr. Harry Anthony Attipoe, registrar of the Kpone Traditional Council (KTC) at a programme organized by the Council in collaboration with the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE).
The programme was to give the two bodies the opportunity to add their voices to the call for peace by the Peace Council to all Ghanaians to allow peace to prevail in the country after the SC delivers its final judgment.
Representatives from all the 10 clan houses within the Kpone Traditional area, political party representatives, youth groups in the area and a host of other interest groups were present to grace the occasion.
The programme, dubbed ‘Kpone Annual Homowo Lecture’ also forms part of this year’s annual Homowo festival which is being celebrated by the people of Kpone.
He said violence can negatively affect a lot of things and could as well bring hardship to people, adding “We can become refugees in other peoples’ country. Education, health, productivity and many other things can suffer”.
The Kpone paramount chief therefore appealed to Ghanaians to have confidence in the Supreme Court to deliver a fair and just judgment.
He called on Ghanaians not to panic because the Supreme Court as empanelled presently is made up of very experienced judges who would deliver a verdict that would satisfy both petitioners and respondents.
“Ghana is the only country we have and we should make sure that we do not become refugees after so many years of independence. We all have a stake in the welfare of Ghana and we should, therefore, not allow a few to disturb the peace we are enjoying now”, Nii Tetteh Otu II noted.