Assistant Commissioner of Police and Kaneshie Divisional Police Commander, ACP Edward Faakye Kumi, has assured the Service will maintain law and order during the conduct of the New Patriotic Party’s elections at the Okaikoi South Constituency.
ACP Faakye Kumi revealed that despite threats from delegates to disrupt the conduct of elections today, April 28, 2022, his team is ready to ensure sanity prevails during the election process.
“We are here to maintain law and order. Therefore, if anybody thinks he is too big, we are here. We will see who is big and at the end of the day who will be able to maintain law and order so far as this election is concerned.”
ACP Edward Faakye Kumi
The Kaneshie Divisional Commander indicated that several concerns have been raised by some of the delegates over claims of irregularities. ACP Faakye Kumi explained that despite the grievances the delegates may harbour, they are not expected to be “physical or obstruct” anybody who is coming in to cast his or her vote. This, he emphasized, is because the police is determined to foil any chaotic scene.
“They are raising issues of the elections coming on, on Saturday and not today and that some people’s names have been removed from the register. They also went on to say that they’ve taken the matter to court and it’s under injunction. What I was trying to tell them is that, if they have injunction and the party goes ahead to conduct the election, they have every right to go and cite the party for contempt.”
ACP Edward Faakye Kumi
ACP Faakye iterated that the elections in Okaikoi South constituency will continue unabated despite initial confusion and disagreement recorded at the constituency.
“What we have from the EC and the party is that the election is coming on. So, we owe it a duty to maintain law and order for the election to go smoothly… If some people’s names have been removed from the register as they allege, that is also a basis for them to go to court and channel their grievances.”
ACP Edward Faakye Kumi
NPP commences constituency elections
Meanwhile, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has begun the election of new executives to occupy various positions at the constituency level. The 2022 Constituency Annual Delegates Conference, which begins today, April 28, 2022, is expected to end on Monday, May 2 across the 250 constituencies that have been given the nod to hold elections.
Each constituency is expected hold the elections under the supervision of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, per the party’s stipulated rules and regulations.
Contained in a statement signed by the General Secretary, John Boadu, it revealed that the elections would take place despite the statutory May Day and Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. With this, the Dome Kwabenya Constituency Secretary, Theophilus Ansah Larbi, has indicated that elections for the constituency will be conducted on May 1.
The positions available to be contested for include: Constituency Chairperson, First Constituency Vice-Chairperson, Second Constituency Vice-Chairperson, Constituency Secretary, Constituency Assistant Secretary and Constituency Treasurer. Also, position such as the Constituency Organiser, Constituency Women Organiser, Constituency Youth Organiser and Constituency NASARA Coordinator are up for grabs for aspirants.
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