SIAKON MEDIA

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Agona Swedru, Aug 5, GNA - The Agona Swedru Magistrate Court has remanded George Biney Ampiah, an Aspirant Assemblyman for Swedru Mahodwe Electoral Area, into prison custody for defrauding by false pretences and resisting arrest. 

Ampiah pleaded not guilty and would reappear on August 9.

Prosecuting, Police Inspector Clement Adjei told the court that on March 27, Mr Kwame Oti Asiamah said he needed a store to deal in hardware and assorted goods.

He approached the accused as to whether he could offer him one or weather he knew some one who could help.

The prosecution said the accused collected 800 Ghana cedis from Mr Asiamah and told him to come for a store on Monday 29 March but failed to honour the promise.

Inspector Adjei said the accused went into hiding but was arrested on July 31.

Police Inspector Adjei said in the course of his arrest the accused person struggled with General Constable Gabriel Ameyaw of the Swedru District Police Station resulting in the Constable receiving some injures on the mouth, face and left hand.

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Mpraeso (E/R), Aug 13, GNA - Opening of nominations for the District Level elections is scheduled for August 28 and 29 throughout the country.

Interested candidates would be required to go for nomination forms from the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Electoral Commission (EC) offices.

The election would be conducted on October 26.

The Kwahu-South District registration supervisor of the EC, Mr Edward Asare-Addo, said this when he addressed the second ordinary meeting of the Kwahu-South District Assembly at Mpraeso on Thursday.

He said nominations for the unit committee election would also be held on August 25 and 26 where five persons would be elected for every electoral area.

Mr Addo said interested candidates could paste their posters and undertake house- to- house campaign but would not be allowed to mount platforms since only the EC had the mandate to mount platforms for contesting candidates.

He said the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies would soon be dissolved for the election to be conducted.

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