The director of special duties for Alan Kyerematen’s Movement for Change, Hopeson Adorye, has reportedly been arrested by police over his claim that he detonated dynamites in the Volta Region during the 2016 general elections to deter voters in opposition parties.
The former senior figure of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) was arrested today, Wednesday, May 22.
He was picked up in relation to claims he made in an interview on Accra FM.
During a discussion on May 10, he stated, “Prior to the elections, we blasted dynamite in parts of the Volta Region, and that scared a number of people. When I finished casting my ballot in Tema, I drove to the Volta Region and asked for the number of people who had voted and the expected number of voters. It turned out people did not come out to vote”.
The interview, which has since gone viral, triggered his arrest to aid the police in investigations.
He is currently in custody and is expected to be arraigned.