Police in the Western Region have arrested Bernard Afful, the Mpohor Constituency Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the proprietor of Voice of Christ Preparatory School, Rojer Miller for allegedly registering minors in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.
Afful, aged 59, and Miller, 33, were arrested for aiding and abetting in the registration of some students of the Voice of Christ Preparatory School suspected to be minors.
According to reports, the police received intelligence that the proprietor had registered for his son, Gildolf Andoh, aged 16, and four others in the ongoing registration.
The police followed up to the school where they conducted a search and found five voter ID Cards with names; Gildolf Andoh, Christabel Obeng Damoah, Christiana Assan, Spendilove Nana Boah, and Edward Ntiakoh.
Upon interrogation the suspects admitted to acting as guarantors for the five students. The two were consequently detained to assist in investigations and have since been arraigned before court for prosecution.
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