The losing candidate in the University of Ghana’s Student Representative Council (SRC) presidential election has denied being behind the arrest of the software developer whose software was used in the voting process.
Mikdad Mohammed on the Citi Breakfast Show said he was surprised at the turn of events and swore that he was innocent of the allegations being leveled against him.
[contextly_sidebar id=”U1ceEwok4YAXjWHSzxL2OvqkVkO8x2vz”]“The argument that I personally or someone acting on my behalf engineered that is neither here nor there so I’m looking into it…I can tell you before God and man and with my hands on my heart that for me personally, it appeared as a big surprise because the BNI is an institution that honestly scares me and intimidates me,” he explained.
The software developer, Stephen Forson was in the early hours of Tuesday picked up by some officials of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for allegedly manipulating the election results in favour of one candidate.
Since his arrest and detention, there have been speculations that the losing candidate is reportedly affiliated to the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) hence, the national security’s interest in the matter.
But Mikdad Mohammed has dismissed any affiliations to the NDC and alleged that some of members of his campaign team who were members of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) were threatened with expulsion from the party.
“I have been non-partisan since my level 100 days. My campaign manager was threatened with expulsion from the New Patriotic Party because he was supporting a supposed NDC candidate.”
He added that his opponents “successfully hounded off key members of my campaign team…they made some big men call the people on phone and threaten them with expulsion from the political party.”
Mohammed admitted that he indeed did not like the outcome of the school’s SRC elections but since the internal structures are currently being used to resolve the issue, the BNI’s involvement is out of place.
He appealed to the security operatives to release Mr. Forson, adding that, “there should be respect for the due process of the law and there should be respect for his fundamental human rights.”
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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