Richmond Kofi Amponsah Agyabeng was on Sunday, October 3 confirmed as Achiase District Chief Govt (DCE) amidst heavy safety presence and manhandling of an Meeting memberin a second voting train.
The assemblyman has been detained on the Oda Authorities Hospital for additional monitoring by well being personnel as on the time of submitting this report.
Sunday’s election was a second voting train after the nominee did not safe two-third votes on Monday, September 27.
The train was marred by a scuffle between an meeting member, Daniel Yeboah, and the police.
Pressure had constructed up early within the morning amongst some meeting members concerning the set date and selection of venue for the second spherical of elections – the corridor of the Achiase District Meeting.
Their issues couldn’t maintain because the elections have been held behind closed-doors.
Solely meeting members, nominee, authorities officers supervising the train and occasion members have been allowed in. The media monitored from exterior the corridor.
Because the election course of ended for outcomes to be introduced, a misunderstanding ensued as some meeting members needed the Electoral Fee, Ghana (EC) officers to make the counting extra open, however that suggestion was not considered.
It was after this {that a} scuffle occurred between the Dwirase Anamase Electoral Space member, Daniel Yeboah, and a few police personnel.
Checks indicated that the meeting man got here out of the corridor to talk on his telephone and was suggested by the police to maneuver additional away from the place.
That didn’t sit in effectively with him as a result of he was already difficult accusations from a New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) member at that spot that he had taken some cash to vote YES.
The police determined to arrest him however he resisted, biting anybody who tried to the touch him.
He was, nevertheless, overpowered by the police, handcuffed on one hand and manhandled, forcing blood out of his mouth.
It took the intervention of the Jap Area Minister, Seth Acheampong, for the matter to be resolved.
The assemblyman was taken to the Oda Authorities Hospital for therapy.
He’s stated to be in steady situation however detained for shut statement earlier than he’s discharged.
Based on medical experiences stumbled on by 3news.com, the meeting member had the left aspect of his cheek swollen and reddened with a number of abrasions on the hand.
Stomach examinations additionally revealed tenderness on the supra pubic space with no guarding or report of tenderness.
In the meantime, the president’s nominee, Richmond Kofi Amponsah Agyabeng, had 15 YES votes and 7 NO votes, incomes him his affirmation and retention as Achiase DCE.
The outcomes on the primary voting was 13 YES and 9 NO.
The elections was monitored by the regional minister and former Senior Minister Yaw Osarfo Marfo.
By Yvonne Neequaye|3news.com|Ghana
