{"id":589874,"date":"2019-02-04T10:52:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T10:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"<br><p>A security scare took hold of staff of Electoral Commission (EC) at its headquarters in Accra in the heat of last Thursday\u2019s by-election in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unhindered access by the over 20 National Democratic Congres"},"modified":"2019-02-04T10:52:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T10:52:18","slug":"ndc-gurus-storm-eccharge-on-jean-mensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/04\/ndc-gurus-storm-eccharge-on-jean-mensa\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Gurus Storm EC\u2026Charge on Jean Mensa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>A security scare took hold of staff of Electoral Commission (EC) at its headquarters in Accra in the heat of last Thursday\u2019s by-election in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The unhindered access by the over 20 National Democratic Congress<br \/>\n(NDC) inclement-looking apparatchiks to the security enclave, especially when the<br \/>\nEC was &nbsp;engaged in an election in Ayawaso<br \/>\nWest Wuogon Constituency, exposed the security fault lines at the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the arrowhead was Party Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo<br \/>\nsupported by NDC flagbearer aspirant, Sylvester Mensah, former Attorney General,<br \/>\nMarrietta Brew-Appiah Oppong, Executive member, Baba Jamal and 20 others. <\/p>\n<p>The fear and panic which their presence triggered was heightened by<br \/>\nthe conduct of the 20 or so cops manning a fleet of armoured cars, who watched<br \/>\nindifferently as the gatecrashers exploited the unhindered access into the<br \/>\nbowels of the EC at a crucial time and made their way to the office of the chairperson.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> later learnt from a source that when the<br \/>\nparty chiefs met the EC Chairperson, they told her that their mission was to<br \/>\ntell the Commission that they were withdrawing from the by-election in the<br \/>\nAyawaso West Wuogon Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the gatecrashers had earlier seen action at the residence of<br \/>\nthe NDC candidate; their countenances adding to the fear of the EC staff who could<br \/>\nnot fathom their mission.<\/p>\n<p>It was unscheduled and coming on the heels of the nasty incident at<br \/>\nthe residence of their candidate in the by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>Many workers who saw and identified them developed goose pimples and<br \/>\nwondered how to take cover should the visit be eventful. <\/p>\n<p>A local security operative at EC, who pleaded anonymity when <strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> reached<br \/>\nout to him, said \u201cwe are disappointed at the manner in which the police almost<br \/>\norganised a quarter guard and presented arms for the gatecrashers.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>A review of the security arrangement at the EC has been necessitated<br \/>\nby the perception created by the flaunting of the unenviable violent pedigree<br \/>\nand how the opposition intended to conduct the 2020 polls by some party leaders<br \/>\nin the aftermath of the recent by-election and the unprofessional conduct of<br \/>\nthe cops at the location last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>With the by-election just about three hours to its closure, the<br \/>\nwithdrawal did not have any effect since NDC officials went round the<br \/>\nconstituency encouraging supporters to go and vote for their candidate, Delali Kwasi<br \/>\nBrempong. <\/p>\n<p>Statements of polls at the end of the electoral exercise with<br \/>\nsignatures of party agents, including NDC, suggest that the mission to the EC<br \/>\ndid not after all register the desired result: there was a by-election and the<br \/>\nNDC took part.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The EC Chairperson would not pick her calls after a couple of calls<br \/>\nto her. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps now that the story is out she would speak to the issue. <\/p>\n<p>Had she picked her call, we would have asked whether she had reported the security scare and the poor show of his personnel to the IGP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By A.R. 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