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Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has chastised former first Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye on his call for the international police organization, INTERPOL to take up the country’s voters’ register saga.

According to him, Prof. Mike Ocquaye embarrassed himself as a lecturer and a political scientist by arguing like a Class One pupil with his call to the Police to invite his boss, Asiedu Nketiah for questioning on the lies of Dr. Bawumia about supposed Togolese nationals on Ghana’s register.

Prof. Mike Ocquaye challenged the General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah to meet Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and himself at the police headquarters for questioning on the voters’ register.

Prof Ocquaye insists the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) gave concrete evidence to support his claim that the Ghanaian voter's register is bloated; thus it is strange that the NDC, without providing any evidence, will accuse Dr Bawumia of lying.

The NDC's Asiedu Nketiah, in a press briefing last week at his party’s headquarters called on the security agencies to arrest the running mate of Nana Addo for allegedly authoring false documents.

The former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya on Okay Fm’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show said the international police organization, INTERPOL, must rather take up the role and investigate allegations of foreigners in Ghana voters’ register.

Reacting to the issue on the same platform, Koku Anyidoho said the comment of Prof. Mike Ocquaye shows the ‘Papa Ajasco’ nickname given to him sometime ago fit him well as he is exhibits comic relief actions.

“Sometime ago, Prof. Mike Ocquaye was nicknamed ‘Papa Ajasco’ and some of us didn’t want to call him that due to the respect we had for him as an elder but what he said shows the Papa Ajasco name fits him well; he is displaying concert and I don’t think his son [Mike Ocquaye Jnr.], Ajasco Junior will even do that,” he jabbed.

He however insisted that the INTERPOL has no time to do forensic audit on voters’ register while important and serious issues with drugs, child prostitution, fraud and other significant issues are there to address.

“This is a class one argument and I want Prof. Mike Ocquaye to know that NDC hoots at him for embarrassing himself this morning. He does not know what he is talking about…I’m surprised Prof. Mike Ocquaye, a lawyer, political scientist and a lecturer could talk like this,” he chided.