General News of 2012-10-18

Heavy police presence at EC over Okaikoi North brouhaha

There is heavy police presence at the Okaikoi Constituency Office of the Electoral Commission here in Accra to prevent possible clashes between rival factions of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

There’s disagreement over who should file nomination on the party’s ticket to contest the December parliamentary elections on the ticket of the NDC in the Okaikoi constituency.

Two candidates, Andrew Okaikoi and Abdul Nasiru Abbas have both filed to contest the election in the constituency. But the EC on Wednesday rejected the nominations of the two, insisting the party must determine who is eligible to stand on its ticket in that constituency. The regional and national executives of the NDC are also divided over the matter.

Earlier on Thursday, Andrew Okaikoi who reportedly rejected the party’s advice to contest the Okaikoi Central seat told Joy News the EC will be in contempt of court if it allows Nasiru Abass to file nominations.

More to come soon