Voting at Wli-Agorviefe and Wli-Afegame in the Hohoe-North Constituency got disrupted for three hours following the arrest of three men in relation to a domestic incident.
Eyewitnesses said soldiers stationed at the Ghana/Togo border at Wli had arrested Yaw Situ, 24, a farmer, for beating his wife. Edem Sapaty, 34, a teacher, and Samuel Agor were also arrested for protesting and commenting on the arrest of Situ.
The arrest and alleged beating of the three by the soldiers drew the people from the polling stations and homes in the two communities to the streets in anger. Eyewitnesses said youths of the two communities were marching towards the soldiers but were held back when warning shots were fired to keep them at bay.
The people blocked the Wli/Hohoe road to prevent the soldiers from taking those they had arrested to Hohoe. It took Togbe Osei II, Chief of Wli-Afegame, and his elders 45 minutes of discussions with the soldiers, Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) officials and the police to have those arrested released for the elections to resume.
Togbe Osei who spoke to the GNA urged the soldiers to take it easy with the people and for the people to also exercise restraint to ensure incident-free election.
Source: GNA
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
Latest Stories
-
CDD-Ghana condemns acts of post-election hooliganism
2 minutes -
Bono COCOBOD seizes trucks loaded with bags of cocoa, lumber
9 minutes -
Anti-LGBTQ Bill: Mahama suggests it must be Government-sponsored
11 minutes -
Mahama is committed to working with 60 ministers – Edudzi Tamakloe
16 minutes -
Mahama, Opoku-Agyemang hold crucial meeting with IMF
18 minutes -
Mahama reiterates commitment to permanent peace in Bawku
32 minutes -
‘The hypocrisy in Ghana is disturbing and nauseating’ – Domelevo on criticism of ORAL
1 hour -
ORAL is not an institution; it’s a team – Domelevo defends role in anti-corruption efforts
2 hours -
‘Nothing off the table’ in Canada’s response to US tariff threat
2 hours -
New suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania kills eight – WHO
2 hours -
Kenyan minister alleges intelligence agency behind his son’s abduction
3 hours -
No more miners trapped underground in South Africa, volunteers say
3 hours -
US issues fresh round of sanctions against Russia ahead of Trump return to White House
3 hours -
Death toll from South African mine siege rises to 78, rescued now at 166
3 hours -
Biden takes aim at ‘tech industrial complex’ in farewell speech
4 hours