A security scare took hold of staff of Electoral Commission (EC) at its headquarters in Accra in the heat of last Thursday’s by-election in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.
The unhindered access by the over 20 National Democratic Congress (NDC) inclement-looking apparatchiks to the security enclave, especially when the EC was engaged in an election in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, exposed the security fault lines at the Commission.
Leading the arrowhead was Party Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo supported by NDC flagbearer aspirant, Sylvester Mensah, former Attorney General, Marrietta Brew-Appiah Oppong, Executive member, Baba Jamal and 20 others.
The fear and panic which their presence triggered was heightened by the conduct of the 20 or so cops manning a fleet of armoured cars, who watched indifferently as the gatecrashers exploited the unhindered access into the bowels of the EC at a crucial time and made their way to the office of the chairperson.
DAILY GUIDE later learnt from a source that when the party chiefs met the EC Chairperson, they told her that their mission was to tell the Commission that they were withdrawing from the by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.
Some of the gatecrashers had earlier seen action at the residence of the NDC candidate; their countenances adding to the fear of the EC staff who could not fathom their mission.
It was unscheduled and coming on the heels of the nasty incident at the residence of their candidate in the by-elections.
Many workers who saw and identified them developed goose pimples and wondered how to take cover should the visit be eventful.
A local security operative at EC, who pleaded anonymity when DAILY GUIDE reached out to him, said “we are disappointed at the manner in which the police almost organised a quarter guard and presented arms for the gatecrashers.’
A review of the security arrangement at the EC has been necessitated by the perception created by the flaunting of the unenviable violent pedigree and how the opposition intended to conduct the 2020 polls by some party leaders in the aftermath of the recent by-election and the unprofessional conduct of the cops at the location last Thursday.
With the by-election just about three hours to its closure, the withdrawal did not have any effect since NDC officials went round the constituency encouraging supporters to go and vote for their candidate, Delali Kwasi Brempong.
Statements of polls at the end of the electoral exercise with signatures of party agents, including NDC, suggest that the mission to the EC did not after all register the desired result: there was a by-election and the NDC took part.
The EC Chairperson would not pick her calls after a couple of calls to her.
Perhaps now that the story is out she would speak to the issue.
Had she picked her call, we would have asked whether she had reported the security scare and the poor show of his personnel to the IGP.
Source: Daily Guide
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The whole issues has nothing to do with the election. This is an issue involving a security agency and an entity. None of the issues raise seems not to have affected the electoral process itself. The best thing to do is to sue and prosecution follows. Calling thing incident as a failure on the part of electoral commission or political violence has no bearing. The NDC has a diabolic plan since they realise it might be difficult to lie to the people next time around. Instead of analysing the current polices, finding faults and carving a strategic plan to make things better for Ghanaians to see how deep thinking they are becoming, they are still wallowing in shallow mind games or lies and noise since they assume the leader of minority in parliament. Unfortunately there seems not to be any credible person in the party in the foreseeable future for intelligent leadership. By now they should be organising intellectual workshop with figures comparing how each sector is doing and they ought to be done just as Bawumia did to them. Numbers don't lie. Rather they are engage uncultured noise making which could easily be cured. Sit up the youth in NDC and carve a brand exceeding any political party in Ghana with very well resource men and women to engage Ghana constructively across board not to follow your elders because they have truly lost integrity if they had one. Rebrand with new faces of smart minds and well cultured people with great ambition to transform Ghana, that is only way you will attract the floating voters and establish yourself as matured and educated political party.
Peace FM your bias has made a disgraceful radio station in the country. The world is looking on since we all now live in a global village. Journalism is this country is a joke. Ghanaian journalist report their opinions instead of facts. Mtcheeeeew
There is something basically wrong with the current crop of executives of the NDC. They don't have a single sensible person among them. They're ALL completely f00li*sh and cannot tell right from wrong. Indeed, the NDC is looking more disgusting in opposition than when they were in power. Classic defeat awaits them again.
Instead of concentrating on strategies they are fuuuuullling why. Is it the responsibility of the EC to protect polling stations. Your next defeat will be shocking with the current crop of executives you have. Any diabolical plot to cause confusion in 2020 elections by the NDC would be met by serious confrontation by the security forces.