There was chaos at Upper West Akyem District office of the Electoral Commission on Sunday October 2,2023 which a gunshots was allegedly fired during the limited voters registration exercise.
Subsequently, the Eastern Regional Secretariat of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has issued a statement accusing the constituency chairman of NPP Nana Adei Obuobi for using hooligans from Okyeman Taskforce to perpetuate violence at the registration center.
“This release is to bring to the attention of the IGP that security at the registration centre at Upper West Akyem needs to be beefed up.We as well want to send a warning notice to the NPP and their surrogates that the NDC in the Eastern Region cannot be intimidated” statement by the NDC said.
The statement signed by the Regional Secretary Baba Jamal Konneh further explained that “around 1p.m yesterday, the lawless NPP constituency chairman of Upper West Akyem, Nana Adei Obuobi, popularly known as Masco, brought hooligans to cause mayhem and intimidate the EC officials and innocent registrants by firing gun shots.Per our intel, the thugs he brought to disrupt the registration process are members of the Okyenhene taskforce”.
The NDC called on the IGP and the Regional police Commander to beef up security in Upper West Akyem registration center.
“We call on the IGP and the Regional Commander to beef up security at Adeiso to help avert any unforeseen circumstances.We are also calling on Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin, to call his men to order.
“We wish to assure our strong and spirited branch and Constituency Executives that we are ready to support them any day, any time in as much as they continue to insist on the right things to be done.We as a party believe in the democratic processes but we will and can never cower to submission to any entity. NPP should advice themselves and think twice if this is the approach, they will employ going forward”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
