Chairman and Flagbearer of the opposition Independent People's Party, Kofi Akpaloo is alleging that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei is colluding with the Commission's lawyer, Thaddeus Sory to ... read full comment
Chairman and Flagbearer of the opposition Independent People's Party, Kofi Akpaloo is alleging that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei is colluding with the Commission's lawyer, Thaddeus Sory to fleece the state.
According to him, the only motivation the Chairperson of the EC has in embarking on a series of court battles with candidates in the run up to the December 7 elections is the financial benefits that may have been agreed upon between her and Mr. Sory.
Speaking to Kwame Gyan on e.TV Ghana's news and current affairs programme, State of the Nation, a visibly unhappy Mr. Akpaloo said, "from where I am sitting as an accountant, I am suspecting that they are using this to milk the state; you know it goes to court with legal fees. Their lawyer will be paid for his services. We live in a country where people can do anything. Because she is sitting somewhere suspecting that we can forge signatures. So I am also suspecting that she is also conniving with the lawyer”.
When quizzed by programme host Kwame Gyan on whether he had evidence in suggestion that the two were colluding to defraud the state, the IPP leader retorted that "…but she also impugned criminal motives; if she thinks that we can forge then she herself she is a criminal so she too can do something of that sort".
Mr. Akpaloo who was among the 12 aspirants disqualified from contesting the December 7 polls by the EC on the specific grounds that “the number of subscribers to Mr. Akpaloo’s forms did not meet the requirements of Regulation 7 (2) (b) of CI 94. The details are as follows: three subscribers supported the nomination of another candidate in breach of Regulation 7 (4) of CI 94.
Again, the cross subscribers have different signatures on the nomination forms raising questions as to the legitimacy of these signatures. We will refer the matter of the possible forgeries of these signatures to the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney General for investigation and prosecution in line with the following sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29): Section 211: Perjury Section 248: making false declaration etc. for office or voting; Section 251: Deceiving a public officer, Section 256: Corruption, Intimidation and personation in respect of election”.
Mr. has not taken the disqualification lightly. In a series of media outbursts he has accused the EC of deliberately trying to sabotage him among other accusations. He insist that the grounds for his disqualification are frivolous particularly when one considers them in reference to CI94.
“Even a lawyer who has just graduated from school can win the case against the EC with regards to CI94 9(2) and so the lawyers should know better; she herself she is a lawyer she is a lawyer so she should know she will lose”.
insight to the bone 7 years ago
As we get closer to the DDay that will determine whether or not change can be achieved peacefully or not it becomes necessary to reflect what is it actually that needs to be changed. Party politics in the true sense is dead a ... read full comment
As we get closer to the DDay that will determine whether or not change can be achieved peacefully or not it becomes necessary to reflect what is it actually that needs to be changed. Party politics in the true sense is dead and all we have are tribal motivated undeclared warfare against the majority Akan buttressed by a fake ass constitution. NDC is an occupational oppressive exploitative organization whose sole aim is to keep the people in ignorance so they can be brainwashed like in north Korean into being collaborationist of their own retrogression and doom. The strength or greatest potential of the Akan is in the diaspora of over 10 million strong and the fact remains independence would never have been secured had they not interacted with the American civil rights movement Malcolm X and had the quiet support of the silent majority of the USA. With the constitution the ayigbe and their collaborationist sefwi Ahvois created there is no way Nkrumah could have become president talk less of the unity of the Akans to achieve the goal of independence or any kind of progressive development. In fact the constituion laws and system of govt ensures that Akans will always be divided so their easier to manupulate and rule and never have the natural in put from the diaspora. The fact remains no country has made it into the industrial and post industrial era without the help primarily of their diaspora including communist China. NPP has won the approval of every true patriot not because they did anything rather because they will be given the opportunity to bring some kind of law and order and persecute the corrupt individuals of power in the establishment of politics no matter which party they belong to. NPP has transformed itself from a perceived right wing corrupt ashanti dominated party into a true Democratic left wing Akan movement with the virtues of freedom and justice for all. But that is not enough we Akans no matter who wins should never surrender the fight for true indepence and separate ourselves from these pepeni/ayigbe Philistines of evil. These children of satan the pepeni/ayigbe mafia criminals have denied our brothers and sisters of the diaspora true participation and we rather chose our diaspora over their retrogressive govts . Let JJ be king of VOlta ayigbe nkwasiafo land and kwasiapanyin Mahama emperor of the 3 northern pepeni regions transformed into a country . Then we shall pack off to them their traitors in the zongos as we have no need for idiots and fools. We see the multitudes of pepeni zongo and ayigbe traitors following these NDC criminals around sadistically oblivious to the suffering of the Akan majority and realise they have no loyalty to the same majority that welcomed them. The corruption , tribalism , hegemony and religious islamic discrimination are all fruits of their lack of loyalty and acceptance of the Akan majority as brothers. Give us back our unity and take your useless toxic foolish people with you
Bbb 7 years ago
Mahama is on comic relief campaign.
Mahama is on comic relief campaign.
little 7 years ago
eiii Mr. Dreamer keep keeping on it is good for him to say what he thinks but what he is forgetting is saying would not and never be so.
eiii Mr. Dreamer keep keeping on it is good for him to say what he thinks but what he is forgetting is saying would not and never be so.
Chairman and Flagbearer of the opposition Independent People's Party, Kofi Akpaloo is alleging that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei is colluding with the Commission's lawyer, Thaddeus Sory to ...
read full comment
As we get closer to the DDay that will determine whether or not change can be achieved peacefully or not it becomes necessary to reflect what is it actually that needs to be changed. Party politics in the true sense is dead a ...
read full comment
Mahama is on comic relief campaign.
eiii Mr. Dreamer keep keeping on it is good for him to say what he thinks but what he is forgetting is saying would not and never be so.