EOCO has began investigations into a petition against EC chair Charlotte Osei by some concerned staff who want her removed from office.
According to veteran journalist Kweku Baako Jnr, the anti-graft body is looking at some aspects of the 28-point petition following a request by some of the staff whose identities remain undisclosed.
Allegations raised in the petition range from questions about her managerial competence, political neutrality and what the staff say are breaches of contracts and the public procurement act.
The document was sent to the President who is required by law to forward it to the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo for a determination to be made on the matter.
If the CJ establishes a prima facie case on the matter, she is bound by law to set up a five-member committee to probe it which could lead to the impeachment of the EC chair.
The Flagstaff House has confirmed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has received the petition and is studying it.
But it has been revealed EOCO, also a recipient of the petition, has gone ahead to further wade in troubled waters at the commission.
There is the matter of a missing ¢480,000 Endowment Fund cash which EOCO is already investigating. The matter has led to a deputy commissioner Georgina Opoku Amankwah proceeding on leave along with the commission's accountant, Kwaku Owusu Adjei Larbi.
The latest petition becomes EOCO's second investigation into a commission said to be deeply divided since Charlotte Osei was appointed in June 2015.
Akuapim South MP Osei Bonsu Amoah has suggested the EC chair may go the way of her deputy and might be asked to proceed on leave.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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This party called NPP They are so diabolic. No wonder their fathers were the brain behind Nkrumah woes. Dangerous people. Pls fashioned evil nation wreckers. See to the fake promises u made and leave charlotte alone.
botoooom power is too controversial and scandalous to continue in that post. she must be replaced by someone with less negative image. What koraaaaa is wrong with this charlotte? Why is she always in the news for the wrong reasons. We are fed up with her. She should go. Let the deadddd goattt with the deadddd prikkkk fukkkk her.
IF YOU SAY THE EC IS CORRUPT THEN THE 2016 ELECTION IS NOT CREDIBLE. Is that your assumption? IT IS ONLY IN GHANA WHEN YOU EXPOSE CORRUPT PEOPLE YOU ARE ALSO LABELED CORRUPT AND WHOLE SOCIETY RUNS WITH SUCH A NOTION WITHOUT COMING TO YOUR DEFENCE BECAUSE THEY ALSO IDENTIFY WITH EVIL AND CORRUPT MINDS. . The whole country is bridled with evil and corrupt minds.
HOW CAN A CORRUPT EC RUN A CLEAN ELECTION.