Bono’s regional minister’s special assistant, Mr. Maxwell Mahama, was arrested by police in Jaman North, Bono region, for allegedly buying votes against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate, l ‘Hon. Siaka Stevens leading to his defeat.
He was arrested after party officials and supporters spotted him in the constituency on election day paying money to voters in some remote areas to specifically vote against Bono’s regional vice minister who was the parliamentary candidate of the party for the constituency. media, said Bono Regional Deputy Minister Hon Siaka Stevens, it was only alerted in the heat of the moment that special assistance to Bono Region Minister the Hon. Evelyn Ama Kumi Richardson was arrested for sharing money with NDC supporters in a farming community in the riding.
The MP said he had no knowledge of the minister’s humanitarian presence in the constituency and if his intentions to pay the money were real, he would have consulted party officials or informed that he was the parliamentary candidate. at a time when they needed the money to look after. relevant questions.
Siaka Stevens said that despite Mr. Maxwell Mahama’s intentions, he instructed the constituency's first vice president, Alhaji Matanga, to grant him bail pending inquiries.
According to party leaders who turned over the minister’s aid to the police, Maxwell Mahama’s actions when they spotted him look suspicious given that his boss Evelyn Kumi-Richardson nearly traded blows in an open brawl with Siaka Stevens a few days in the elections at a meeting. in the constituency.
Mr. Siaka Stevens, however, lost the election to Mr. Ahenkora Frederick of the National Democratic Congress who received 22,375 votes while Siaka Stevens received 18,206 votes at most.
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