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Former Deputy General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Koku Anyidoho has slammed those who are threatening mayhem and chaos should the 2020 general election not go in their favour.

According to him, the country has experienced elections since 1992 and nothing has happened even though Ghanaians have witnessed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) boycotting the 1992 Parliament and in 2012 went to court over the Presidential Election results.

“Since 1992, we have voted and luckily nothing has happened. In 1992, the NPP boycotted the election and didn’t go to Parliament. The NDC was in Parliament in 1992 and Ghana did not die . . . in 2004, we thought that we had won and the late Jake held a press conference to declare the NPP winner and Mills did not lead the party into the street to shedding blood," he stated.

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Koku Anyidoho who had travelled as ECOWAS Election Observer to Guinea cautioned those who are preaching mayhem and chaos ahead of the December 7 polls as people outside the country hold Ghana in high esteem.

“ . . the place of pride of Ghana, we take it for granted sometimes, we are here and we don’t know the extent to which people hold us in very high esteem and for me, when I hear people threatening mayhem and chaos, I say maybe they have not travelled before or maybe they are saying it for fun,” he said.

He, however, said that regardless of the comments of the doomsayers, Ghanaians will vote in the December 7 general elections and the Electoral Commission (EC) will perform its responsibility of declaring the results without fear or favour.

To him, the next option for any political party to do is to go to court as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) did in 2012.

“EC’s responsibility is to run the elections and declare results but they don’t adjudicate on election matters. If you have any issue, there is an adjudicating body and that is the court. If there is an issue, I believe that is where it should be resolved,” he maintained.

He was of the view that discerning Ghanaians will not sit down and allow blood to be shed and put the country in flames due to one election.

" . . We will hear a lot of things but once the results are declared, the country will move on. As President Mills said, Ghana will not die, Ghana will live. What will you do if you get the power and Ghana dies?” he quized.