NDC calls for the arrest of Wontumi TV presenter who claimed 2024 election would be held on different days

The National Democratic Congress has called for the arrest of a Wontumi Radio/TV presenter for misinforming Ghanaians over the pending December 7, 2024, general elections.

The said presenter, Oheneba Nana Asiedu, claimed that the upcoming general election, the presidential election in particular, would be held on different days.

He claimed that on December 7, 2024, the election would be held for the first people on the ballot paper, including the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who is number 1 on the ballot paper.

“Dr. Bawumia is number one on the ballot, so on December 7, we are going to vote for him first. We are going to vote for the first seven people on the ballot, then after that, we will vote for the remaining 7, from numbers 8, 9, 10, and 11 going,” he said in Twi.

Nana Asiedu even suggested that any person who fails to vote for Dr. Bawumia on Saturday, December 7, 2024, would not get the chance to vote for the other people in the subsequent days.

“So, on December 7, we are going to vote for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and maybe the next day or two days after, we would vote for the number 2 on the ballot, then we move to number 3, and on a different day, we would vote for number 4. This is going to be the trend.

“Because we are going to vote for the first seven people on the ballot first, that is why we are going to vote on December 7… If you don’t vote when it is Dr. Bawumia’s turn on December 7, you will not get the chance to vote when it gets to the turn of the other people on the ballot. The police and Electoral Commission officers would not give you the chance to vote,” he added.

Reacting to this interview on Accra FM, Twum Barima, a member of the communication team of the NDC, expressed his shock about the remarks made by the presenter.

He said Nana Asiedu was deliberately misinforming the public about the upcoming election and must be arrested.

“I was at a programme with IGP Dampare and said that what he frowns on the most is misinformation. If he is listening to this or the police administration has heard this, they should go and arrest this idiot,” Twum Barima said.