Voters' Registration: Asideu Nketiah narrates Ivorians' illegal participation in exercise; denies Involvement

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has dismissed claims that he masterminded the illegal registration of 60 nationals of Ivory Coast in the just-ended voters’ registration exercise.

Giving account of what happened, Mr Nketiah, said the NDC rather intercepted an Ivorian registered truck at Banda Kabrono in the Bono Region and prevented the Ivorian nationals aboard the bus from escaping across the border with their Ghana voter identification cards.

According to Mr Nketiah, the governing NPP officials were the ones facilitating foreign nationals’ participation in the voters’ registration exercise.

The NDC scribed alleged this, addressing a press briefing on Thursday [September 3, 3030] in Accra

"Following a tip-off, the NDC youth in Drobo, an NDC stronghold close to the border with the assistance of comrades from Sampa, intercepted the foreign-registered vehicle by physically blocking the road leading to  Cote d’Ivoire. At this point the NDC invited the media to the scene and made it impossible for the immigration officials not to act,"

"The media captured some of the Ivorians with their carte d'identité and the voter ID cards and they confessed having been brought in by one Yao to register and get a payment of GH¢300 each".

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He said while the NDC was ensuring that the arrests would lead to prosecution, the NPP General Secretary, Mr John Boadu organised a press briefing and accused him (Asiedu Nketiah) of bringing-in the Ivorians.

Mr Nketiah described the just ended voters’ registration exercise as the most violent in Ghana’s history.

To support his point, he said:

 "simple exercise of compiling a voter role witnessed at least two (2) cases of murder, including that of a young teacher at Banda and the other at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West Constituency all in the Bono Region.

"The Exercise witnessed several incidences of brutalities including gunshot injuries, near-fatal attacks on at least two sitting Members of Parliament (Alhaji Bawa of Ejura Sekyere Odumase Constituency and Alhaji Collins Dauda of Asutifi South Constituency) and physical molestation of innocent citizens in a manner that has never been seen before in Ghana.

There were also widespread reports of open display of weapons and open shots of live ammunition by highly placed government officials such as the Minister for Special Developments, Mavis Hawa Koomsons and Joe Danquah, NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Banda".