The committee established by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to look into claims of vote buying and inducement during the Ayawaso East parliamentary primary has concluded its investigations and submitted a report to the Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the party.
Speaking to the media after submitting the report On February 10, a member of the committee, Inusah Fuseini declined to comment on the details of the report.
He said the document is now the property of the party and its details will be shared to the public in due course.
“We had just submitted the report to the party. No, we can’t share details. Any report that we have produced is the property of the Functional Executive Committee. The party will communicate to the public what is contained in the report,” he stated.
All five candidates were invited and questioned during the investigation into the allegations of vote-buying.
Meanwhile, 3News sources at the Office of the Special Prosecutor confirmed that one of the candidates, Baba Jamal who is at the centre of the vote-buying and inducement allegations had been invited by the OSP for questioning.
The three-member committee was established by the NDC to look into claims that certain candidates used bribery at the party’s Saturday, February 7 parliamentary primary.
One of the allegations is that Baba Jamal, one of the candidates, tried to sway the votes of the delegates by giving them money, television sets, and other items to vote in his favour.
Although Baba Jamal has officially been declared winner of the election, the majority in Parliament have called for the results to be annulled, insisting that the party’s democratic values are against such acts and bribery.
However, constituency party executives have strongly opposed calls for the annulment.
