Viral videos on social media show the thugs beating Nii Kwei Asamaoh as he was slapped, kicked and punched repeatedly by the unknown men.
According to reports, the chaos began when a group of men arrived at the polling station in a pickup truck.
The thugs forced their way into the voting centre, overpowering the police officers stationed there to maintain order.
In an attempt to prevent the men from further entering the premises, Mr. Asamoah was then pulled back by one of the men and the beatings begun with several men pouncing on him to assault him.
In a related development, former MP for Awutu Senya East Constituency, Hawa Koomson was beaten up by some unknown thugs who forcefully invaded the Odorkor Methodist 1 polling station during voting at the Ablekuma North constituency.
Some unknown thugs pulled up in a pickup vehicle at the polling station and forcefully entered the premises of the polling station which was then being protected by police officers.
TV3’s Stanley Nii Blewu who was present at the scene reported that the former lawmaker was kicked in the groin and fell to the ground.After which, the thugs continued to kick her on the ground until the police officers quickly intervened and whisked her away.
The chaos resulted in the voting process being suspended at the polling station.
The thugs in their numbers then proceeded to the spot where the polling station was mounted and begun assaulting some individuals.
Nii Blewu reported that a JoyNews journalist was also assaulted while she was taking videos of the chaos. Other individuals were also assaulted.
The police officers despite being many at the premises could not prevent the attack and foil the chaos.
The impasse began during the collation of results last December when, according to the Electoral Commission (EC), political party supporters besieged the collation centre and destroyed an unspecified number of original result forms (Pink Sheets).
This led to the use of 37 scanned Pink Sheets, provided by the NPP, to continue the collation process.
The NDC objected, insisting on a full rerun in all 37 polling stations where scanned copies were used.
The NPP, however, argued that since NDC agents had verified the scanned copies, the results should stand.
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