[ 2016-11-10 ]

My boys would’ve vandalized the EC – Hassan Ayariga
Disqualified presidential candidate of the All
People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga says had
it not been his intervention, Ghanaians would have
heard a very bad news about the Electoral
Commission (EC) and its Chairperson, Charlotte
Osei.

The disgruntled politician told Fiifi Banson on
Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM, Thursday, that
his party supporters had wanted to storm the
offices of the EC and destroy anything they will
come across including Madam Charlotte Osei moments
after she announced his disqualification from the
2016 Presidential race.

“Look, I stopped people from going to the EC
yesterday. I stopped lots of people. They would
have shown her what the NDC and the NPP can do if
she had disqualified John Mahama and Akufo-Addo
that they can also do it if she disqualifies
Hassan Ayariga. They were going to storm the whole
EC and destroy everything there including herself.
I am not lying to you, but for the peace of this
country, I stopped them”, he noted.

He further told Banson that had it not been he
being a peaceful presidential candidate who
believes in the rule of law, he would have allowed
his supporters to challenge the decision of the EC
and its Chairperson in whatever way or form.

“You see I am a peaceful presidential candidate
and I believe in the rule of law. That is why I
said look don’t do it because your life is more
important than Charlotte Osei. You are more
important to me than Charlotte Osei and so don’t
do it. I had to beg and beg and pleaded with
them.”

Hassan Ayariga failed to make the list of
qualified Presidential candidates even after a
second opportunity was granted him and other
presidential aspirants by an order of the Supreme
Court.

He was part of 12 disqualified presidential
aspirants who were ruled out of the upcoming polls
after the EC identified various anomalies on their
nomination forms.

Some of the aggrieved candidates including Ayariga
proceeded to the High Court to challenge their
disqualification following which they won a
judgement.

The Electoral Commission appealed the decision of
the High Court at the Supreme Court but lost the
case.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the EC to
allow all disqualified candidates to correct
mistakes on their nomination forms within 24 hours
and re-submit them to the Commission.

But upon expiration of the deadline, the
Chairperson of the EC, Charlotte Osei, Wednesday,
announced that the commission was unable to accept
Mr Ayariga’s nomination forms and that of eight
other candidates because they failed to meet the
statutory requirements in C.I. 94.

Source - Kasapafm

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