G/R: Man Arrested For Possessing Gun at Polling Station

A man has been arrested by the police for taking a firearm to a polling station where voting in the Presidential and Parliamentary elections is underway.

He was arrested at the St. Theresa School polling station in the Okaikwei South Constituency in Accra.

“The Ghana Police Service has arrested one person, Michael Allotey, for possession of weapon at the St. Theresa School polling station in the Okaikwei South Constituency in Accra,” the police said in a press statement.

The suspect is currently in custody assisting in the Police investigation.

Election
Ghanaians are today choosing a new President as well as Parliamentary candidates. The election will see 18,774,159 registered voters voting in 40,648 polling stations in 276 Constituencies.

Twelve Presidential candidates are scrambling for power. They are Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, an Independent Candidate, Christian Kwabena Andrews of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Daniel Augustus Lartey Jnr of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) and George Twum-Barima-Adu, an Independent Candidate.

The rest are Nana Kwame Bediako, an Independent Candidate, Hassan Abdulai Ayariga of the All People’s Congress (APC), Kofi Akpaloo of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mohammed Frimpong of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Akosua Frimpomaa of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and Kofi Koranteng, an Independent Candidate.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini