Some NDC supporters have prevented the MCE for Effutu Alhaji Kassim Zubeiru from allegedly attempting to steal some streetlights from the Assembly’s warehouse in Winneba.
The supporters of the NDC trailed the Mitsubishi pickup truck with registration GB 2386-22 which was being driven by the MCE, Kassim Zubeiru from the warehouse located within the enclave of the Assembly’s office.
According to one of the supporters, Ebenezer Simpson, the MCE upon sensing danger of being overwhelmed, returned to the Assembly premises with the vehicle and some boxes, each containing two streetlights and hurriedly entered into his office.
“We had the information that the MCE made some National Service personnel to load boxes of streetlights into a pickup truck. So, we mobilized ourselves and just when we were about reaching the Assembly’s premises we saw that vehicle exiting. I personally followed him and signaled the alarm causing some of our members to block the road towards Cape Coast. He [the MCE] drove back to the Assembly and hurriedly entered into his office. So, we called the Police who came and took the streetlights to the police station,” Simpson revealed.
The eyewitness also told editors.3news.com that it was not the first time items have been taken from the Assembly’s warehouse after the December 7 elections.
According to him “two taxi cabs suspected to have loaded boxes of streetlights also left the Assembly’s warehouse on Monday”.
The NDC PC for the Effutu constituency, Dr James Kofi Annan, while calling on police to handle the matter professionally, is attributing the invasion of state offices by some NDC youths to the attempt of officials to divert items belonging to the state to themselves.
The MCE, Kasim Zubeiru denied the allegation in a phone conversation with our reporter.
The MCE said on phone that, “I have been in charge of the distribution of streetlights for all these years. If I had the intention of stealing some, I’d have done so long ago, so it is not true. But I’m glad you reached out to hear my side of the story”.
