The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded the arrest of Oheneba Nana Asiedu, a presenter at Wontumi Radio/TV, accusing him of spreading false information about the upcoming December 7, 2024, general elections.

Asiedu misled the public by asserting that the elections, particularly the presidential race, would take place on separate days.

He further claimed that the December 7, 2024, vote would be for the first candidates on the ballot, including Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who appears first on the ballot.

“Dr. Bawumia is number one on the ballot, so on December 7, we are going to vote for him first. We are going to vote for the first seven people on the ballot, then after that, we will vote for the remaining 7, from numbers 8, 9, 10, and 11 going,” he said in Twi.

Nana Asiedu also implied that voters who do not cast their vote for Dr. Bawumia on Saturday, December 7, 2024, would lose the opportunity to vote for the other candidates on the following days.

“So, on December 7, we are going to vote for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and maybe the next day or two days after, we would vote for the number 2 on the ballot, then we move to number 3, and on a different day, we would vote for number 4. This is going to be the trend.

“Because we are going to vote for the first seven people on the ballot first, that is why we are going to vote on December 7... If you don’t vote when it is Dr. Bawumia’s turn on December 7, you will not get the chance to vote when it gets to the turn of the other people on the ballot. The police and Electoral Commission officers would not give you the chance to vote,” he added.

A member of the NDC communication team, Twum Barima, voiced his surprise and disapproval after hearing Nana Asiedu’s interview on Accra FM.

He argued that the presenter was purposefully spreading false information about the December 7 election and called for his arrest.

“I was at a programme with IGP Dampare and said that what he frowns on the most is misinformation. If he is listening to this or the police administration has heard this, they should go and arrest this idiot,” Twum Barima said.