News Desk Report
Reports from undisclosed sources have revealed plans by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to deploy armed groups to cause violence during the Assin North parliamentary by-election.
According to sources, a secret meeting was held on July 25, 2021 at the Party’s headquarters to implement such a diabolic plan.
At the meeting, high-profile members of the NDC including Sofo Azorka, NDC National Vice Chairman; Joshua Akamba, National Organiser; Collins Dauda, MP for Asutifi South Constituency; Alhassan Bashir Fuseini, MP for Sagnarigu Constituency; Samuel George Nartey, MP for Ningo Prampram Constituency; and Alhassan Suhuyini, MP for Tamale North Constituency, promised to make available offensive weapons and other ammunitions which will be used by the pro-NDC vigilante groups to cause mayhem during the by-election.
Subsequent to the secret meeting, on July 30, 2021, an advance team comprising members of the Obuasi West Constituency task force and other pro-NDC vigilante groups were deployed to tour areas within the Assin North Constituency in preparation towards unleashing violence on Election Day
It will be recalled that a Cape Coast High Court, last month cancelled the December Parliamentary Election in the Assin North Constituency, stating that Mr Gyekye, Quayson did not qualify to contest the election and called for a rerun.
The court, in its ruling, said the election of the first respondent was illegal, void, and was in contravention of article 94 (2) of the Constitution
It said he held allegiance to the Canadian government as at the time he filed his nomination to contest as a Parliamentary candidate for the 2020 general election. Justice Kwasi Boakye said Mr Quayson was not qualified to contest the election because the certificate denouncing his allegiance was issued in November 2020 whiles he filed to contest in October 2020.
The development has reduced the number of Parliamentarians of the National Democratic Congress from 137 to 136, which gives the New Patriotic Party a slim majority of 137 plus one independent candidate, whose allegiance is with the NPP. The pending by-election would be the 31st in the 4th republic, which spans from 1993 to January 2021.
