The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has commenced investigations into the alleged bribery of Electoral Commission (EC) officials by the Kwadaso Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, during the April 30 Ejisu by-election.
3News sources with knowledge on the matter have confirmed.
The OSP has invited some individuals connected to the alleged act of bribery and corruption.
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) lawmaker was seen on live television handing over a white envelope suspected to be money to two EC officials.
The EC swiftly withdrew its officials from the Fumesua Pentecost Church polling station with Polling Station Code F311503.
Moreover, the EC subsequently suspended the two, Regina Serwaa, a Ballot Issuer, and Presiding Officer George Sasu.
“The Electoral Commission has taken immediate steps and has withdrawn the two (2) temporary staff while investigations take place.
“The Commission upholds the principles and values of integrity, truth and transparency. These values are reinforced during the training of all temporary staff. The Commission will not countenance acts which cast a slur on the integrity of the institution and will not hesitate to sanction its officials who violate its laws,” portions of a statement from the EC stated.
Ejisu by-election: EC names polling officials involved in alleged bribery incident
However, private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu maintained that the EC must report the NPP MP to the OSP to investigate the alleged bribery of its officers.
Speaking on 3FM’s news analysis programme Hot Edition, the human rights lawyer said, “The EC, having withdrawn its officers, should go ahead and present the matter to the OSP” for the OSP to go into the matter to determine the facts.
Moreover, Mr. Kpebu said that it is time we demand the truth and also called on the NPP MP to admit his wrongdoing.
“He should admit it so that the law will take its course and serve as a warning to the rest of us in society,” he stated.
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Meanwhile, the embattled Kwadaso lawmaker, Dr. Nyarko, has denied the allegation of bribing officials of the Electoral Commission.
He said he did not influence any official to rig the poll in favour of the NPP candidate.
“If I were to influence them, do you think I would do it in a public space? If I wanted to do that, do you think I would have done that in public space? I did not bribe anybody to vote or to do anything untoward for my candidate.
“I can’t influence the EC officials who are trained, who are honest, who are disciplined to do anything untoward, ” he told journalists.
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