Asutifi South MP Collins Dauda has been released on bail after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Kukuom disturbance.
It will be recalled that the police indicated that the legislator had been arrested for his involvement in a fracas that ensued during the ongoing limited voter registration exercise on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
One person sustained an injury and was subsequently hospitalised after chaos at a registration centre.
Preliminary investigations by the police implicated Collins Dauda in the unrest that disrupted the registration process.
However, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) insists that the legislator committed no crime, as he was not even present at the Kukuom registration centre.
The National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, confirmed the arrest and subsequent bail.
“He [Collins Dauda] was immediately granted bail. And so he is currently on bail. And the police say that they are conducting their investigation, so he will hear from them. At no point was the Honorable Collins Dauda present at the scene.
“He was not there [at the scene] because he was busy in his constituency monitoring the registration process. So it came to us as a surprise when the police issued that statement, creating the impression as though Collins Dauda had committed a crime when they knew that he was not even at the scene when the said incident happened.”
Meanwhile, the NDC stressed that the said disturbance was orchestrated by thugs associated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and NDC members were compelled to retaliate in defence of their members who came under attack.
Mr Gyamfi urged the police to focus their efforts on apprehending the true perpetrators of the disturbance.
“So we condemn what the police did, and we are calling on them to focus on arresting the real perpetrators of that chaos, of those criminal actions. The NPP hoodlums and bandits were led by a known NPP bandit called Anointing.
“He is a notorious guy in the area; everybody knows him, the police know him, and they know where he lives. They should focus on arresting and prosecuting those hoodlums who went to the voting centre to harass, intimidate, and brutalise innocent citizens,” he spoke to Citi FM.