{"id":124644,"date":"2015-06-13T14:31:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T14:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=124644"},"modified":"2015-07-06T13:12:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T13:12:49","slug":"npp-primaries-kofi-jumah-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/npp-primaries-kofi-jumah-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP primaries: Kofi Jumah charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Kofi Jumah has been charged with destroying electoral materials and disturbing public peace.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;xbB1VAm108Vv5ekLqIt3rOo6NRY69N7z&#8221;]Jumah , who is also a parliamentary aspirant in the Asokwa constituency in the Ashanti Region <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/06\/13\/npp-primaries-kofi-jumah-arrested-for-tearing-up-voters-register\/#sthash.RcTKlC2F.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">was earlier arrested<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>for ripping up the party&#8217;s voters&#8217; register.<\/p>\n<p>He resorted to such an action after suspecting the register was doctored to suit his opponent, the incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency, Patricia Agyei.<\/p>\n<p>The two have been bickering for sometime now; the incumbent MP earlier accused Jumah of scheming against her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150612-WA0025-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124545\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150612-WA0025-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"kofi jumah arrested\" width=\"415\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150612-WA0025-Copy.jpg 415w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150612-WA0025-Copy-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a related development, \u00a0the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party, Chairman Wontumi\u00a0is seeking bail for Maxwell for Jumah.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile<strong>, Citi News&#8217;<\/strong> Hawa Iddrrisu reported that the EC had to suspend the election because the delegates refused to exercise their franchise until Jumah is released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore he left, he officially asked the EC to suspend the election because the delegates say they won\u2019t vote unless Kofi Jumah is released,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Kofi Jumah has been charged with destroying electoral materials and disturbing public peace. 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