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The Member of Parliament for Atiwa East constituency who doubles as the Deputy Minister for Finance has debunked claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that she is 'terrorizing' Akans and preventing them from taking part in the ongoing voters' registration exercise.

Speaking at the 9th edition of NDC’S weekly press briefing, National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, said, "In the Atiwa East Constituency, Hon. Abena Osei Asare, MP and Deputy Minister for Finance has been terrorizing and physically preventing non-Akans from partaking in the ongoing registration exercise. During the fourth phase of the registration exercise, Hon. Abena Osei Asare, together with the Anyinam Police Commander and some thugs belonging to the NPP, stormed the houses of about 30 non-Akans who registered unchallenged at Anyinam and forcibly took their voter ID cards from them with the excuse that they are not Ghanaians. It was this same Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare, who stormed registration centers at Abekwaase in the Atiwa East Constituency with armed NPP bandits and physically chased out all Non-Akans at the three (3) registration centers during the fourth (4th) phase of the registration exercise".

However, Abena Osei Asare speaking in an interview on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo' denied those claims and jabbed the NDC for not 'having a message'.

"There is nothing truthful in their comments; they are all lies . . . as far as we know the place is peaceful. They (NDC) don’t have any message and so you can see that they are desperate and they will stop at nothing . . ."

She dared the NDC to come out with any evidence to back their claims; adding, "I'm a peaceful person and the constituency will continue to be peaceful".

Listen to her in the video below