It has been alleged that the delay in the declaration of results from the Ahafo Ano North constituency, where the results were not even collated, is tied to a chaotic incident that occurred in the area.
According to reports, the unrest in the region was triggered by an alleged romantic relationship between two key stakeholders.
Brogya Genfi, the Deputy Director in charge of Special Duties for the NDC, has claimed that the controversy in Tepa, within the Ahafo Ano North constituency, was primarily due to an amorous relationship between the NPP Parliamentary Candidate, Nana Eric Agyemang Prempeh and a District Electoral Commission (EC) official.
Genfi made these claims while presenting messages between the two, which were retrieved after the EC official fled the coalition centre, leaving her phone behind.
According to him, the chats indicate a close relationship between the two.
In his own words, Brogya Genfi in an interview with Kofi TV said, “They say elections are won at polling stations, but we are not at a police station. Tepa is in turmoil today because of the boyfriend-girlfriend relationship between the EC officer and the NPP PC.”
He explained further: “In Tepa, where the coalition was supposed to take place, it wasn’t safe. So, my party (the NDC) wrote a letter requesting a change of venue. The police commander agreed to this. However, the EC officer sent a message to the NPP PC, advising him not to agree to the change, claiming that the NDC had strong police backing. The PC responded, saying it wouldn’t happen and that he would call people in Accra.”
Genfi continued: “Later, the EC officer sent another message saying that the situation at the coalition centre had intensified. The PC then said he was bringing in soldiers, and shortly after, soldiers arrived and began shooting.”
He also claimed that messages between the two go back as far as January.
Alleged messages from the EC official’s phone while she was at the coalition centre read: “Good afternoon. Nana, please, the situation is out of control.
PC: Soldiers are coming in now.
EC officer: Please, they should be fast. They have blocked the doors preventing POs (Presiding Officers) from entering.”
Brogya Genfi also added that, at one point in their conversations, the Parliamentary Candidate (PC) even invited the EC officer to come and sleep at his hotel when he arrived in Tepa.
Other conversations between them read as follows:
EC Officer: “Oh Nana, good evening. I heard you were coming to my office. I was waiting for you to help me get fuel for the minibus to transport the ballot papers and the BVDs from Kumasi to Tepa, but you just passed by. Tepa SHS minibus. Good night.”
PC: “Hahaha, I didn’t want the NDC people to say we were doing ‘kululu’ there in the evening. I don’t want trouble for you.”
EC Officer: “Oh, but I missed you ooo.”
PC: “Where are you now?”
EC Officer: “On my way to the police depot in Kumasi. The bus will be coming with the police officers and my men.”
Genfi added that the NDC Initially, wanted to ignore the situation and focus on other constituencies where the results had been declared, but now, the party has taken a position because of the chaos.
“The EC should call an IPAC meeting for the various leaders to sit down and discuss how to proceed,” he added.
He further stated, “Whenever we say the EC is doing the bidding of the NPP, people accuse us of lying. But now, God has exposed them. If the chaos hadn’t erupted, causing the EC official to flee and leave her phone behind, we wouldn’t have known about these messages.”
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