The cause of the fire is unclear, but reports suggest it happened at the time some youth in the area were very agitated.
The office of the
Ghana Electoral Commission in the Fomena Constituency was razed by fire in the
early hours of Tuesday.
The cause of the fire
is unclear, but reports suggest it happened at the time some youth in the area
were very agitated.
According to GhanaWeb,
it was discovered that some disgruntled youth had attempted to enter the
Coalition Centre because they had received information the commission was about
to declare the results.
Security officers at
post, according to reports, intervened. JoyNews reporter, Nana Yaw Gyimah,
reports that the office, which is about 200 metres away from the coalition
centre, was later engulfed by fire.
The incident has been
brought under control as the fire service has succeeded in dousing the flame.
Fomena Constituency
has been in the spotlight after the incumbent Member of Parliament, Andrews Asiamah,
who was on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party, decided to contest as an
independent candidate.
Asiamah made the
decision after he lost the party's parliamentary primaries to Philip Ofori
Asante. The legislator ignored attempts by the party to get him to rescind his
decision, a posture President Nana Akufo-Addo was unhappy about.
Meanwhile, certified
results say Mr Asiamah has won the contest. Philip Ofori Asante of the NPP is
said to have polled 10,798. Christina Ama of the NDC polled 2,608.
Appiagyei Eric had 158
votes while Andrews Asiamah garnered 12,805.
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