The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has strongly criticized the Ghana Police Service’s arrest of Collins Dauda, Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, calling it unjustified.
Mr Dauda has been detained in connection with a recent disturbance during the limited voter registration exercise in Kukuom, Ahafo Region, where one person was injured and hospitalized.
Preliminary police investigations implicated Mr Dauda in the unrest that occurred during the registration process on Saturday, May 11.
However, in a press release issued on Monday, May 13, and signed by the NDC’s Communications Director Sammy Gyamfi, the party vehemently denied the allegations against Mr. Dauda.
The NDC claims that the violence was orchestrated by thugs associated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and that NDC members were forced to defend themselves against attacks on their members.
The NDC is demanding the immediate release of Collins Dauda and is urging law enforcement to apprehend the actual perpetrators responsible for the disturbances.
“We wish to place on record that, at no point was the Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, Hon. Collins Dauda present at the Kukuom registration centre on Saturday, 11th May 2024.”
“Contrary to the claim by the Ghana Police Service, Hon. Collins Dauda was busily monitoring the ongoing registration exercise in his constituency, Asutifi South and was nowhere near the incident at Kukuom which is located in the Asunafo South constituency,” an excerpt of the statement said.