Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has been accused by the opposition National Democratic Congress of interfering in the work of the police in the Efutu constituency.
The NDC who have raised alarm about the violence that has plunged the limited voter registration exercise said that the police cannot execute their mandate because they are being threatened by government officials.
Fiifi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the NDC at a press briefing claimed that the Member of Parliament for the Efutu consistency threatened a Regional Police Commander over the arrest of NPP thugs who were causing chaos at the registration centres.
“In Berekum West, hoodlums deployed by the MP have terrorized registrants and NDC agents at the Benkasa registration center, physically assaulting everyone in queue and specifically targeting our team with torture.”
“Similarly, in Effutu, NPP thugs violently disrupted the registration process, attacking our registrants who were queued to register. Shockingly, Hon. Afenyo-Markin threatened the Regional Police Commander not to take any action over these incidents,” Fiifi Kwetey read.
