Police have detained eight people around the country for different election-related offences and disrupting the peace during the National Democratic Congress’s Presidential and Parliamentary Primaries on Saturday, April 13, 2023.
Yaro Burdove, Harrison Martey, Imoro Ibrahim, Arkoli Mensah, Nyarko Richard, Prince Lomotey, Hamidu Dramani, and Bejando Emmanuel, the accused, were apprehended at their respective polling stations throughout four constituencies in the nation.
Specifically, suspect Yaro Burdove was arrested during the elections in the Ningo Prampram Constituency for photographing his ballot paper in the polling booth and attempting to photograph other voters’ ballots, while Harrison Martey and Imoro Ibrahim were arrested for engaging in an unlawful fight at a voting centre.
Arkoli Mensah and Nyarko Richard, suspects, were detained for disturbing the peace by participating in an illegal fight at a voting station during the voting process at the New Juaben South Constituency in the Eastern Region.
Suspect Prince Lomotey was detained at the voting centre in the Mfantseman Constituency in the Central Region for impersonation, while suspects Hamidu Dramani and Bejando Emmanuel were arrested for inciting violence at a polling station in the Atebubu-Amantin Constituency in the Bono East Region.
Five of the accused are now on Police inquiry bail, while the remaining three are in detention helping continue Police investigations.
Meanwhile, the Police Service has been alerted to a viral video in which Juliana Kinang-Wassan, a Parliamentary hopeful for the Ejura Sekyedumase Constituency, is seen spraying money at a crowd during the polls in Ejura, Ashanti Region. A professional legal team is presently investigating her actions in the video to see whether there are aspects of election-related criminality that necessitate Police intervention.
The Police Department wishes to reassure the public of its commitment to maintaining peace, security, law and order at all times.
