The DCE nominee for the Ada East District Assembly has been confirmed amid violence and claims of manipulation by the police and pro-NPP vigilante group, Invincible Forces.
Sarah Dugbakie Pobee reportedly polled 36 out of the 47 total valid votes cast Friday.
Seven Assembly Members voted No to reject the nominee.
Joy News' Maxwell Agbagba who was present during the election process said shortly after the results were declared, the auditorium was plunged into darkness.
Presiding Member of the Assembly, Simon Arthur alleged the ballot box was swapped during the short period of power outage.
He has refused to sign the results declaration form, claiming the election was rigged.
He said the cover of the original ballot box was white but when the light came on it was changed to Green.
“I am the Presiding Member (PM) and I am not going to sign because leadership must be by the will of the people,” he said.
He said they are not satisfied with the conduct of the election and will resist any attempt to impose a DCE on them.
A scuffle ensued among some Assembly Members, a development the PM is blaming on pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Invincible Forces.
“After the voting police officers[allowed] Invincible Forces into the auditorium to cause mayhem and this is what I predicted in the beginning,” Mr Arthur said.
There was a heavy police presence at the premise of the Assembly following the election.
Joy News reported the officers numbering at least 40 men were armed to the teeth and were stationed inside the Assembly's auditorium to quell any violence.
But the PM has said the police did not intervene when the fight started.
"The police allowed the macho men to beat me [but] we are in the same district with the Sarah Dugbakie Pobee and we shall see the development after that," he said.
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