There is tension at Koforidua Peace PROTOA station as machomen have reportedly planned to disrupt a swearing in and handing over ceremony to interim executives of the driver’s union.
The election of interim executive is in compliance with Koforidua High Court order in a judgment delivered on June 28,2024 for members of Peace PROTOA in Koforidua to hold bye-election to immediately elect executives whose term of office will be for six months only or up to the last month of the year when general executives elections shall be held.
This was after the court presided by Justice George Krofa declared as unconstitutional continue stay of office by Chairman of Peace PROTOA Yaw Adogo since 2018 without organizing election.
Allegations against Yaw Adogo, former chairman for misappropriating over Ghc247,102.00 was however dismissed by court for lack of evidence.
Following the order of the court in pursuant to Article 13(C) of the Unions Constitution, members of the Peace PROTOA with immediate effect on 28th June, 2024 voted by secret ballot and elected the following Interim Executives of the Peace Protoa.
However ,Yaw Adogo pulled out of the bye-election participated by 19 out of the 32 members.
He cited a letter dated July 23 from National chairman of PROTOA appointing interim management committee .
Nonetheless, the election went on successfully which Joshua Kofi Sogah was elected Chairman, Samuel Appiah as Vice Chairman, Emmanuel O. Ankamah as Secretary, Hajaratu Issah as Treasurer and Amidu Abubakar as Chief Driver constituting the Interim Executives of the Peace Protoa for the period of June to December 2024.
List of the interim executives elected was presented to the court through a notice of compliancecompliance. Copies were also sent to National Chairman of Peace PROTOA and other stakeholders.
On July 12, the Chairman elect for the interim executives of Peace PROTOA wrote to the Eastern Regional Police Command requesting protection for intended swearing in and handing over ceremony on Tuesday July 16,2024 at the lorry terminal.
However, the Secretary elect Emmanuel Ankamah has told the media that, they have picked intelligent that some of their opponents have hired machomen from Nima in Accra to disrupt the exercise and attack the new executives.
He said they are Peace loving people but appeal to the Ghana Police Service to intervene to avert blood shed.
Source : Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
