The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region has refuted claims that it prevented one of its members from submitting his nomination forms.

According to Jeff Tetteh Kavianu he has been unable to submit his documentation because the leadership has purposefully shut its office, and refused to return his calls.

However, the NDC’s Regional Secretary, Baba Jamal Konneh, tells Citi News that the party has no intention of barring any aspirant from running.

“The NDC needs power, and so we don’t want a situation where someone will feel that we treated him unfairly. We want that kind of unity and cohesion to wrestle power from the NPP so we are actually trying our best. We have entreated every constituency election committee to treat every aspirant fairly without trying to be biased.”

He also stated that if the former lawmaker so desires, he may seek intervention at the national level.

“The party has a hierarchy, so he can go to national executives and talk to them. We work on the instructions of national so if they ask us to take his forms we will because we have no option. We are here to serve everybody”, he added.