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The Leader and Founder of All People’s Congress (APC), Dr. Hassan Ayariga has stated that the predicaments of Madam Charlotte Osei are as a result of her ill treatments meted towards him prior to the 2016 elections.

Speaking to Class FM, Dr. Hassan Ayariga who was disqualified by Madam Charlotte Osei prior to the 2016 elections reminded the embattled EC boss that ‘’what goes around comes around’’.

“Nobody is above the law, not even the president of the republic. Nobody is above impeachment when you go contrary to the rules and regulations of the institutions you occupy if you abuse power or you are found to be corrupt. And like I said, nobody is above impeachment, not even the president of the republic of Ghana is above impeachment,”

He however rejects the NDC’s assertion that the NPP is witch hunting the embattled commissioner.

“I don’t think that this is coming from the corridors of the NPP like my brothers in the NDC are claiming.

“This is not an issue of witch-hunting as my brothers in the NDC want us to believe, no no,” Mr Ayariga said.

The chairman of the Electoral Commission madam Charlotte Osei is fighting her impeachment before a five member committee set up by after some unnamed staff of the Electoral Commission through their lawyer Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang petitioned the president to impeach the EC boss on grounds of corruption.

Later, another petition was again filed against Charlotte Osei by Lawyer Douglas Seidu on grounds of breach of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 633) as amended, gross financial mismanagement as well as conflict of interest.

Lawyer Seidu alleged that Charlotte Osei put herself in a conflict of interest situation when she awarded a contract to Aerovote Security Printing (Ghana) Limited to print the pink sheets used for the 2016 general elections.

Lawyer Seidu argued that Charlotte Osei has strong business links with the Director of Aerovote and that the EC Chairperson had long arranged the deal even before the procurement process opened.

But the EC boss through her lawyer, Thaddeus Sory hit back, insisting that she had not been corrupt or abused her office.