The Police Administration has designated a 100 metres radius around the Supreme Court as a no-go area on the day the court will give its judgement in the election petition.
That, the police said, was part of security arrangements to ensure sanity on the premises of the Supreme Court on August 29, 2013, a day otherwise designated as "Ghana's judgement day".
The Director-General of Police Operations of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP), Mr John Kudalor, said the security zone would be cordoned off but gave no details as to how accredited persons would gain access to the Supreme Court.
He was speaking in Accra last Friday when he met the youth wings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Police Headquarters.
He said the police were employing preventive and proactive measures to ensure that any disturbances were contained.
Mr Kudalor said everybody, irrespective of his or political affiliation would be dealt with according to the law if he or she was found to be breaching the peace in the country.
He said the police would not stand aloof for any misguided group of persons to plunge the country into chaos.
He said the police had undergone a lot of training in crowd and other management control in order to prevent the use of firearms to control crowds.
The National Youth Organiser of the NDC, Mr Ludwig Hlodze, urged the media to stop sensationalising issues and rather place premium on advancing the well-being of the nation.
"Whatever we do as a nation will come to nought if the media continue to sensationalise national issues," he cautioned.
He urged the youth to expose and shame politicians who would like to use them to cause violence and mayhem in the country.
A youth organiser of the NPP, Mr Emmanuel Attafuah-Danso, said the NPP had an unwavering belief in the rule of law, hence its decision to go to the Supreme Court to seek justice.
He said the meeting with the police had motivated the youth to seek more peace and development for the country.
By Abdul Aziz/Daily Graphic/Ghana
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