Some unseen hands within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra are steadfastly manipulating the processes of electing new executives for the United Kingdom and Ireland branch with total disregard for due process.
The strange delays in the elections for executives in the NDC UK/Ireland may appear on the surface as a normal occurrence. But our Investigations into the matter have revealed a deep network that trace to interesting turf wars in the party in Ghana. Our investigations are revealing shocking financial dealings dating back to 2014.
In late January this year we became aware of the failure of the UK branch of the party to organise its primaries which should have been done 6 six months earlier. We decided to dig and probe what the issues are. The more we investigate the more intriguing it gets.
For example we were able to find details of strange payments of large amounts of money to an account linked to the party in the UK. The payments, our investigation reveals, were channeled from a female Member of Parliament who used to work as information attaché at the Ghana High Commission in London whose activities will be published later.
The payments totalling about £8000 have attracted the fraud unit of the bank in the United Kingdom leading to a freeze which officials are keeping secret for now.
These payments were made to cover membership fees for new persons who would be instructed to vote for particular candidates. From what we have chanced on the new people will outnumber the long standing membership by 2 to 1. This has caused protests.
According to some of the people involved in the strange activities that are causing the delays, who are now talking under conditions of anonymity, this mysterious Member of Parliament in Ghana has advanced money through an individual whose name has been withheld for now, but is contesting for a position for the first time.
We can confirm that this development created suspicion which forced Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia the National Chairman of the NDC to direct Mr Alex Percival Segbefia who is the director for international branches to fix the problem.
Our information is that the experienced former Minister is now having sleepless nights under pressure. It is reported that the freezing of the bank account has made him afraid to get involved. Other sources say that there is more to it. The next few days we will reveal interesting facts.
Currently NDC members fighting against the use of money from strange sources to register voters are reportedly watching closely. One source observed that long-standing members are not sleeping. If they succeed the NDC can be sure that it still has within it the systems to fight corruption. For now, they don’t appear to be succeeding. Not even their election looks likely in the foreseeable future.
Our next articles will publish further details. We will trace the details, mention those claiming to be royals who received the amounts involved and the bank details. Watch out for information on why this branch is so important for some players in Accra.
Source: Ghananewsonline.com.gh