Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, Collins Dauda has been granted bail following his arrest for disturbances at Kukoum. The NDC MP was arrested based on the accusation that he led a disturbance at Kukuom in the Asunafo South Constituency.
A statement signed by the NDC National Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi denied the police accusations.
In the latest update to the case, Sammy Gyamfi has confirmed that the veteran MP was granted bail by the Police.
According to Sammy Gyamfi, Collins Dauda “was immediately granted bail.” He added that the Police said “they are conducting their investigation so he[Collins Dauda] will hear from them.” Meanwhile, Sammy Gyamfi has maintained that Collins Dauda was never “present at the scene” when the violence broke out.
Sammy Gyamfi told Citinews that Collins Dauda “was not there 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.”
The NDC condemned the arrest of the MP and the subsequent publication of the news online to create a bad impression about the lawmaker. Sammy Gyamfi said instead of the police going after the NPP thugs that were attacking people at the venue, they are rather haunting the innocent MP.
“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.”
Also, Sammy Gyamfi said the Police are aware that Anointing, the man who led the NPP thugs is well-known in the area. He directed them to go after him instead of targeting Collins Dauda.
“He is a notorious guy in the area, everybody knows him, the police know him, 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.”
