Asutifi South
Constituency election case adjourned to January 19
Sunyani (BAR), Jan. 12, GNA – Mr Justice
J.K. Opoku,
presiding over a Sunyani High Court on Monday adjourned
the case on the declaration of the Parliamentary results
of Asutifi South Constituency for a week to January 19.
Giving reasons for the adjournment, Mr Justice Opoku
said “there is still some paper work to be done by New
Patriotic Party (NPP) before the case can be heard”.
He asked counsels for both
parties to explain to their supporters
that hearing of the case had not started and their
actions could not in any way intimidate the court.
Irate supporters of National Democratic Congress (NDC)
during the hearing blocked the main entrance to the
court for hours to prevent vehicular movement.
Caught in the melee was the vehicle conveying Captain
Nkrabea Effah-Dartey (rtd), former MP for Berekum and
counsel for NPP.
Clad in Party paraphernalia, the supporters were in
court to hear the motion filed by NPP against the
Electoral Commission and NDC in declaring the
Parliamentary results of Asutifi South Constituency in
the December 7 general election.
They insisted that they would not move away from the
court’s premises until Mr Justice Opoku gave a ruling on
the case.
Parliamentary results from the constituency came under
serious public scrutiny when Mr Boakye Boateng, NPP
Parliamentary Candidate, claimed the signatory on the
declaration form did not belong to the NPP agent and
also doubted the authenticity of the results recorded at
the Twabidi Number One polling station.
He further alleged that the ballot boxes “found their
way” to Kenyasi instead of Hwidiem, which was the
collation centre and expressed the fear that the boxes
had been tampered with.
The NDC supporters attempted to attack supporters of the
NPP with sticks and stopped their vehicles from moving
out of the court premises.
It took the intervention of more than 20 police
personnel to stop the NDC supporters from their actions
and later drove them away from the court’s premises.
The NDC supporters however, asked the police to escort
the NPP supporters to their various destinations and
threatened to waylay and attack them on their way back
to Kenyasi.
Alhaji Collins Dauda is the NDC Parliamentary Candidate
for the constituency.
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