He said they invaded the confirmation venue wearing black shirts and claiming to be from the National Security.
“I saw many of them in black shirts, well built and claiming that they were National Security, but I said there was nothing for me to identify them by so they should be out of the room. They refused…I even told the Police Commander of Ada Division to take him out but he told me he cannot walk anybody out,” he narrated in an interview with Accra-based Class FM.
He continued: “At the end of the voting when ballot papers were not sorted…they entered and they started beating me up, hitting me with the chairs that the people were sitting on and then dragged me until two of the policemen came to rescue me and I went and sat in a pickup for some time and then I came out and left. They were calling me to come and witness the counting, but I refused because they took the ballot box away and then they changed it.
“The Regional Electoral Officer went ahead to empty the ballot box and declared her [nominee] as the winner. I’m yet to know the exact figures; I didn’t sign any declaration form.”
Pobee became third time lucky when her nomination received the endorsement of the assembly members after voting ended on Friday amidst chaos allegedly caused by the Invincible Forces.
She secured 27 out of 36 valid votes after two failed attempts.