{"id":275662,"date":"2016-12-09T14:16:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=275662"},"modified":"2016-12-09T14:16:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:16:20","slug":"police-post-chiefs-palace-vandalised-after-dispute-over-pru-west-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/police-post-chiefs-palace-vandalised-after-dispute-over-pru-west-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Police post, chief&#8217;s palace vandalised after dispute over Pru West results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tension was brewing in the Pru West constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region on Friday morning over the winner of the parliamentary election.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accepted the results by the Electoral Commission in the area, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) claims the results were rigged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Pru-West-tensions-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275664\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Pru-West-tensions-1.jpg\" alt=\"pru-west-tensions-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The provisional results indicated that Masawudu Mohamed of the NDC won the seat with 10740 votes to the 10694 polled by the Stephen Jalula of the NPP.<\/p>\n<p>This discontent with the results led to the eruption of some confusion at the collation centre.<\/p>\n<p>But the military were called in to ensure calm for the results to be declared, according to a Citi News reporter on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>This did not go down well with some NPP supporters in the area who started throwing stones at a police post.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/518c300a-5085-42e7-9701-03317fce2cad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275680\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/518c300a-5085-42e7-9701-03317fce2cad.jpg\" alt=\"518c300a-5085-42e7-9701-03317fce2cad\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The angry supporters also vandalised a shop belonging to the deputy EC returning officer in the constituency and the palace of Prang Omanhene who is alleged to be an NPP sympathiser.<\/p>\n<p>According\u00a0to the Communications Director of the NPP in the area, one Faisal Sulemana, the NPP&#8217;s concerns were with the results from the Adapara polling station and the special voting results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Pru-West-tensions-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275669\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Pru-West-tensions-6.jpg\" alt=\"pru-west-tensions-6\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sulemana claimed that the EC counted the special voting ballots without a representative from the NPP.\u00a0But he said the EC ignored the party&#8217;s concerns and went ahead with the process.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the earlier acts of vandalism, the military is currently overseeing calm in the area, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The police have also said they have the situation under control.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The police has the situation under control now <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ghanadecides?src=hash\">#ghanadecides<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KBPJcSB71L\">https:\/\/t.co\/KBPJcSB71L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ghana Police Service (@GhPoliceService) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhPoliceService\/status\/807231475062083584\">December 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tension was brewing in the Pru West constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region on Friday morning over the winner of the parliamentary election. 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