Edgar Thomas insists that former Top Cop gave him order to clear Ashmins building

Edgar Thomas

In further testimony before the elections inquiry,  former Region Four Police Commander, Edgar Thomas yesterday insisted that ex-Top Cop, Leslie James had instructed him to clear the Ashmins building on March 5th, 2020.

Reappearing before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2nd 2020 general elections,  Thomas said that James was a “stranger to the truth”.

Thomas was asked about a call he received from the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice of Appeal, Claudette Singh.