Ghana: Military Deployment Not to Intimidate Residents Defence Minister

The government has denied allegations that it deployed military personnel to Ghana's border towns to intimidate residents from participating in the voter registration exercise scheduled to commence today.

Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, addressing a press conference in Accra yesterday, said the military deployment was in support of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS)'s efforts to stop illegal entry of foreigners through unapproved routes along the borders.

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