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The arrest of four people conducting an investigation for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper Manya Krobo constituency of the eastern region has increased political tension in the area..
The four were arrested on Saturday, November 14, 2020, by armed police led by the district’s police commander, John Yeboah, while they were in a community administering questionnaires.
However, they were released on bail four hours after the party executives intervened.
Police also seized motorcycles that they used to get around.
Addressing the media on Sunday, Kwasi Lawer, spokesman for the NDC campaign team in the constituency, questioned the grounds for the arrest of its members by conducting a poll for the party.
He said the PNP unleashed thugs against his party faithful during the voter registration exercise, but local police did not act, prompting them to employ similar intimidation tactics ahead of the main elections.
Mr. Lawer, therefore, demanded that the police draw up a road map to ensure peaceful elections on 7 December.
However, the Party accused all members and supporters of the Upper Manya Krobo constituency “Stay vigilant and safety conscious because of what we’ve seen in Akatawia when our opponents brought cutlasses to intimidate us during voter registration. We have not forgotten how some of our party’s faithful were unjustly transferred, some slapped and beaten in various polling stations by none other than one person who was not NPP MP Hon. Joseph Tetteh himself. “
The NDC parliamentary candidate for Upper Manya Krobo, Bismark Tetteh, said the NDC could be forced to retaliate against the NPP if the police cannot be a neutral arbiter.
However, a stalwart of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Upper Manya Krobo NPP, Philip Kwaku Mamphey, reacting to the development, accused the NDC of inciting people under the guise of a poll.
The Upper Manya Krobo constituency is one of the hottest areas in this year’s election, as the NDC struggles to regain its long-held seat taken from it in 2016 by current PNP MP Joseph Tetteh. , who seeks reelection.
However, Asesewa District Police Commander John Yeboah was not available to respond to allegations of bias against him.
— kasapafm
