{"id":236100,"date":"2024-10-21T08:02:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T08:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/charges-against-independent-parliamentary-candidate-dropped\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T08:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T08:02:53","slug":"charges-against-independent-parliamentary-candidate-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/charges-against-independent-parliamentary-candidate-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges against independent parliamentary candidate dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Awal Mohammed, an independent candidate for the Madina Con\u00adstituency, who reportedly ap\u00adpeared alongside John Mahama on campaign posters, has been discharged by the Adentan Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p>The discharge followed the Police\u2019s withdrawal of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed had been arrested and brought to court after Abdual Razak Hussein, the Madina Constituency Sec\u00adretary of the National Demo\u00adcratic Congress (NDC), raised the issue.<\/p>\n<p>He faced charges of offensive conduct related to breaches of the peace and pleaded not guilty before Mrs Sedinam Awo Kwadam, the presiding judge.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo, the prosecutor, informed the court that the complainant, Abdul Razak Hussein, serves as the Madina Constituency Secre\u00adtary for the NDC.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Mohammed was running as an independent candidate, and both men reside at Madina.<\/p>\n<p>The court learned that Mo\u00adhammed, a former member of the NDC, opted to fill out and submit a nomination form as an independent candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution stated that Hussein had received numerous complaints from party members regarding Mohammed\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>They alleged that Moham\u00admed had been putting up posters featuring himself alongside the NDC\u2019s presidential candidate, John Mahama, at various prom\u00adinent locations throughout the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution noted that party members, especially the youth, raised concerns upon seeing images of both the pres\u00adidential candidate and Moham\u00admed placed on walls and other vantage points, fearing it might disturb the peace in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The court learned that after the complaint was filed, the police invited Mohammed to provide a caution statement.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed denied putting up the posters but admitted to using the name of the NDC flag bearer during his public cam\u00adpaigns.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014GNA<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awal Mohammed, an independent candidate for the Madina Con\u00adstituency, who reportedly ap\u00adpeared alongside John Mahama on campaign posters, has been discharged by the Adentan Circuit Court. 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