The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has disclosed that his outfit has enough evidence to buttress their allegations on the NPP’s alleged election-rigging tactics.
According to him, the party did not put any information on the media because the whole matter bothers on security, which is an issue that is not discussed in the open.
Speaking with Captain Smart on Onua TV’s morning show, Maakye, Wednesday, November 20, 2024, he said the party will disclose their evidence to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) whom they are petitioning over their revelations on the New Patriotic Party’s alleged plans to rig the December polls.
“We have put our intelligence out and when the CDS and the IGP call us, we’ll present our evidence to them. These are security issues so we don’t put our sources and evidence in the open,” he said on Onua TV Wednesday.
The comments follow a press conference organised by the NDC Tuesday, November 19, 2024, which revealed what it alleges to be an evil plot by the ruling NPP to rig the 2024 election through ballot stuffing, swapping of ballot boxes, swapping of pink sheets, among others.
The party pointed accusing fingers at the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, saying it has contracted the General Officer Commanding of the Central Command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Brigadier-General Michael Opoku, to help the party carry out its rigging machinery.
Mr. Gyamfi, who addressed the media at the party’s headquarters, accused Brigadier-General Opoku of having a notoriety for masterminding election-related violence after he was indicted by the Emile Short Commission for being ultimately responsible for the shooting incident at the La Bawalashie school park during the 2019 Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence.
“Brigadier-General Opoku has been mandated by President Akufo Addo to take charge of a well-crafted scheme that has been designed by the New Patriotic Party to rig the upcoming election, particularly in the Ashanti region, through ballot stuffing, swapping of ballot boxes, swapping of pink sheets, and other clandestine activities starting with the special voting exercise scheduled for December 2nd,” the head of the NDC’s National Communications Bureau alleged.
The NDC claims it has credible intelligence of the presence of weapons, illegally-printed ballot papers, military apparels and other election materials meant for the alleged rigging plot in the Kumasi residence of Brigadier-General Michael Opoku.
In the NDC’s quest to ameliorate the issue, it appealed to the Chief of Defence Staff and the Inspector-General of Police who is the Chairman of the Elections Security Task Force to investigate the issues in the interest of peaceful, free and fair elections, vowing to resist any attempts to use violence in the 2024 elections.
The party has also served notice of petitioning various foreign missions, Ghana’s development partners, His Royal Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene and others on the development, including the two top security capos.
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