The Cape Cost High Court presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye has ordered cancellation of the 2020 parliamentary election results in the Assin North constituency and requested for re-election.  The Court has annulled the 2020 parliamentary election result and a  cost of ₵10, 000 has been awarded against the Electoral commission and 30 thousand cedis against Joe Gyekye Quayson who until the cancellation of the result was the Assin North MP. The presiding judge, Justice Kwasi Boakye said Mr. Quayson was “restrained from holding himself out as Member of Parliament-elect for the Assin North constituency within the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana and further presenting himself to be sworn in as Member of Parliament-elect as such until the final determination of the petition.” One Michael Ankoma-Nimfah, a mason and resident of Assin Bereku filed a petition against over dual citizenship. By: Yaw Indomie

  One person has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a female census enumerator while discharging her duty in Kumasi. Speaking on Akoma FM‘s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma on Tuesday, July 13, Ashanti Region Statistician Dr Kobina Abaka Ansah explained that “the suspect is still in police grips assisting investigation and further probe for subsequent prosecution”. Dr Ansah noted that the incident specifically happened around Santasi-Odeneho Kwadaso area. “The enumerator went to his shop and the suspect pounced on her and tried to undress her which ended in a heated struggle, but for the jeans trousers the lady had worn, the suspect might have had his way. Though the suspect unsuccessfully raped my enumerator, she was drawn into intense trauma, so we rushed her to the hospital for further medical and psychological treatment.” The Ashanti Region Statistician added that “pockets of incidents such as robbery, extortion and intimidation have been reported but th...