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Grapevine information indicates that there is currently a conflict within the Central Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party.

Sources reveal that "almost all the registration books containing the list or names and particulars of the party members in various polling stations have been destroyed by some suspected members and executives with the purpose of creating confusion and chaos in the upcoming polling stations elections, scheduled for on 19th February to 5th March this year".

Read statement below:

*NPP Electoral Area Coordinators in Agona West constituency call for an investigation into the destruction of the party register*.

Information reaching us indicates that the leadership of central regional branch of the New Patriotic party has been called upon to investigate some serious misconduct of some constituency executives and members of the party in Agona West.

Information available to us indicate that almost all the registration books containing the list or names and particulars of the party members in various polling stations have been destroyed by some suspected members and executives with the purpose of creating confusion and chaos in the upcoming polling stations elections, scheduled for on 19th February to 5th March this year.

Narrating the story by two of the electoral area coordinators to our reporter, Daniel Prah, the constituency executives invited the coordinators to a meeting at the party office on Wednesday, 9th February around 3:00pm. According to the coordinators, there were no agenda prior to the meeting , only to be told at the meeting that they wanted to handover the registration booklets to them to inspect whether everything is intact. “This was a surprise to us because the booklets were given to us some months ago to register our party members from various polling stations. The exercise ended long ago and we the coordinators submitted the filled registration booklets back to the constituency executives, so it doesn’t sound well to us to be invited again only to inspect the very same books that we the coordinators submitted by ourselves.

In fact when the books distributed to us at the party office, we were surprised to see that all the names and particulars in the booklets have been removed from the booklets. Every name written in the booklets have been removed. This is a very serious issue because some people who love the party spent a lot of money for the registration exercise not long ago. How could a human being sit down and plan this against the party they claim to love?” Angry coordinator.

Further investigation into the matter shows that an informant who was at the party office on 31st January, 2022 has narrated the events leading to the destruction of the registers to the party office Assistant, Kwesi and he also forwarded same to the acting constituency chairman, Mr. Isaac Aggrey.

According to the narrations, he was with the Office Assistant at the party office on that day when the 2nd vice chairman, Mr. Ako Mohammed came to the office. He met the office assistant (Kwesi), his Father and himself (brother of Kwesi) at the office on that day. A few minutes later the father of Kwesi who was at party office left for a meeting. Mr. Ako Mohammed then sent the Office Assistant out to buy him food away from the office with party car and the driver (Ibrahim - Younger brother of the 2nd Vice).

According to the narrations to acting chairman, when the administrator left the office, one Eric Acquah and Joe Cedy came and walked straight to the chamber of the office where the booklets were kept. According to him, He was watching the AFCCON tournament at the party office, but Mr. Ako Mohammed then asked him to sit outside because the two men were having confidential meeting in the office chamber so he should step out of the office which he obliged and sat outside the office together with Mr. Ako Mohammed. While sitting outside the party office, Ako Mohammed engaged him in so many conversations for almost one hour till the two gentlemen left the office. The two men spent about 1hour inside the chamber before they left. According to him he saw a black bag filled fully in the hands of Eric Acquah when they were leaving the office. They told Mr. Ako Mohammed that they are done. Immediately they left, Mr. Ako then told him he could go and watch the Afcon game since the said meeting was over.

The narrator stayed there till his brother (the office assistant) returned from where he went to buy food for Mr. Ako Mohammed.

According to the narrator, he suspected the two men of something unusual so he decided to follow them to see what they were holding in the bag but Mr. Ako Mohammed upon sensing that, gave him Ghc 7.00 to buy food and started engaging him again till the two men left the scene. The narrator claims that he suspects that the registers were destroyed by the two men with the knowledge of Mr. Ako Mohammed.

This narration drew Kwesi's attention to how the driver (Ibrahim) intentionally delayed him when he was sent out by Mr. Ako Mohammed on that day. He said, after buying the food, the driver told him that, one Ato Preko was coming so they should wait for him. They waited for over 40 minutes, but he didn't show up. According to him, Ibrahim told him he would also buy the food, but he will eat there before they leave. This was after waiting for Ato Preko for over 40 minutes.

Meanwhile, when the Acting Chairman enquired from Mr. Ako Mohammed after hearing this narrations , Mr. Mohammed said it was true, but the two men only came to inspect the booklets to know whether everything was intact.

In a related issue, our information is that the office keys to the chamber where the books and other vital documents of the party were kept were changed by Mr. Ako Mohammed together with some other executives about four months ago and the new keys have been with him.

Asking the coordinators their next action, they stated they have expressed their disappointment to the constituency acting Secretary and they are waiting to hear from the regional executives through the acting Secretary before any further action.

By Hon. kofi Anto
Delegate