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NDC youths
arrested at Atebubu
Sunyani Oct. 10, Ghanadot/GNA – The police in Atebubu have
arrested eight members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
for disturbing the activities of the Electoral Commission in
the area.
They have been transferred to the regional police
headquarters in Sunyani and remanded in custody to assist in
investigations.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Charles Oteng, Brong Ahafo
Regional Police Commander who disclosed this to the GNA in
an interview, however declined to mention the names of the
suspects, but said they were being processed for court.
He stated that when the exhibition exercise of the voters
register for prospective voters to check their details got
underway, political parties in Atebubu agreed with the
district office of the Electoral Commission that transfer of
names would be done along side the exercise to enable
students to transfer their votes.
The Regional Commander said the exercise was successful
until at about 1630 hours on Wednesday, when some NDC youth
besieged the EC office where the transfer exercise was going
on, and asked the officials to stop because it was not yet
time for the transfers to be made.
Because of the action of the group the EC officials closed
the offices and postponed the exercise till the next day,
but around 2100 hours that day members of the group riding
on unregistered motor bikes went to the house of Mr Prince
Obeng, spokesperson for New Patriotic Party (NPP)
Parliamentary candidate for the area and threatened his
life, he added.
ACP Oteng explained that when the group got to the premises
of Mr Obeng the watchman in the house did not allow them to
enter as his master was asleep, but they insisted on seeing
him (Obeng).
He said the group then began to scuffle with the watchman
and a police/military team patrolling the area chanced upon
them and
managed to arrest the eight suspects whilst the rest
escaped.
The Regional Commander cautioned members of the general
public not to take the law into their hands but to report
any grievances to the appropriate quarters for redress.
GNA
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