Bernard Afful, the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) deputy constituency secretary for Mpohor, has been arrested by police in the Western Region for registering voters who are younger than the legally mandated 18-year-old in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.
Afful, 59, was arrested together with Rojer Miller, 33, proprietor of Voice of Christ Preparatory School in Mpohor, who assisted Afful in the nefarious activity.
According to reports, police in Mpohor received intelligence that the proprietor of Voice of Christ Preparatory School had gone to register his son, Gildolf Andoh, aged 16, and his colleagues in the ongoing voter registration exercise in Mpohor.
The proprietor, after registering the minors, retained their voter ID cards.
The police, acting on the intelligence, proceeded to the school, where they arrested suspects Rojer Miller and Bernard Afful.
Upon searching the proprietor’s room, the police found five voter ID cards bearing the names of Gildolf Andoh, Christabel Obeng Damoah, Christiana Assan, Spend Love Nana Boah, and Edward Ntiakoh, students of the Voice of Christ Preparatory School.
Afful and Miller, upon interrogation, admitted to having sent the five students to the registration centre to be registered.
Suspects Rojer Miller and Bernard Afful were detained to assist investigations while frantic efforts were being made to invite the five students and obtain their birth certificates to authenticate the veracity of their ages. The two have since been arraigned before the court for prosecution.
The actions of the NDC constituency secretary have brought to light the sincerity of the National Democratic Congress in its frantic efforts to discredit the Electoral Commission (EC) and undermine the credibility of the election management body.
The NDC has been at odds with the Electoral Commission since losing the 2016 general elections. In 2020, the party challenged the election results declared by the EC and boycotted the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), a committee set up to bring together stakeholders in Ghana’s election processes.
Afful and Miller, upon interrogation, admitted to having sent the five students to the registration centre to be registered.
Suspects Rojer Miller and Bernard Afful were detained to assist investigations while frantic efforts were being made to invite the five students and obtain their birth certificates to authenticate the veracity of their ages. The two have since been arraigned before the court for prosecution.
The actions of the NDC constituency secretary have brought to light the sincerity of the National Democratic Congress in its frantic efforts to discredit the Electoral Commission (EC) and undermine the credibility of the election management body.
The NDC has been at odds with the Electoral Commission since losing the 2016 general elections. In 2020, the party challenged the election results declared by the EC and boycotted the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), a committee set up to bring together stakeholders in Ghana’s election processes.
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