Aggrieved aspiring polling station executives of the NPP in the Twifo Hemang constituency say they would resist any attempt by the hierarchy of the party to subvert their will.
They have, therefore, issued a stern warning to the party’s Alternative Dispute Resolution and Legal Support Committee that they would reject any attempt to re-run elections in only 9 out of the 81 disputed polling stations.
Addressing a press conference in Twifo Hemang, spokesperson for the group, Christopher Ampoful alleged that his side has picked intelligence that there is a grand scheme to subvert the political rights of the masses who picked forms to contest as polling station executives.
He alleged that though the MP for the area, Bright Wireko-Brobbey has openly declared that he has no interest in the disputed polling station elections in the area, he appeared before the committee to give his account.
Mr Ampoful further alleged that during a meeting in Accra, they overheard a committee member being told to do everything to ensure that the elections are never held in all the 81 polling stations even if that would demand paying of money.
“The MP and his surrogate are jubilating because they say Honorable Cecilia Abena Dapaah has told him only (9) polling stations elections will be conducted,” he alleged.
This, he added, was because it would be total annihilation for the MP if fresh and genuine elections were to be conducted in all the 81 polling stations as they have demanded.
What is of more concern to them was the fact that though the committee’s report was yet to be made available to all the parties involved, the other faction was relying on a purported report from the committee alleging that the disputed elections were clean.
Release of time table
Though an injunction has been placed on the conduct of any further elections in the constituency, they have been surprisingly included in a timetable for the constituency elections in the region.
“The region has provided time table which indicates that there is going to be constituency election in Hemang Lower Denkyira which affirms what MP’s camp is saying,” he stated.
Warning to leadership
“We are sending a strong warning to Hon. Madam Cecilia Dapaah and her committee,” he said and added that they would fiercely resist any act that would constitute injustice.
“As Yaa Asantwaa fought with her life for the Ashanti Kingdom, we the nine hundred delegates will fight till the last drop of our blood,” he warned.
“We are sending a strong warning to Hon. Cecilia Dapaah that they will kill all of us before the nine (9) polling elections are conducted,” he added.
“If Madam Cecilia Dapaah wants to treat our concerns as a case to compensate the MP, we are telling Madam Dapaah, we voted for the MP not her,” Mr Ampoful said.
He disclosed that but for the final funeral rites of Odeεfoͻ Boa Amponsam, all the delegates who purchased forms to contest would have hit the street to demonstrate against the leadership of the party.
He categorically stated that “we the leadership of the delegates can’t control the group again and we don’t know what will happen next” if the purported report comes in the form that has been alleged by the other faction.
Accused persons’ response
Meanwhile, the accused persons have flatly denied all the allegations saying they are unfounded and figments of their imaginations.
In a telephone interview, Mr Aliu Sumaila who spoke on behalf of the accused persons in the constituency refuted all the claims.
“We have no idea about that claim. I am sure it is part of those things they have been doing and of course, we have said this times without number that from the beginning they have always speculated,” he said.
He indicated that they would respect whatever decision that the committee would come out with.
Source: thenewsroomonline.com