JoyNews investigative correspondent Manasseh Azure Awuni says the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School in the Ashanti Region, who has been suspended over sexual abuse allegations against female students, is a serving constituency secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and an aspirant for the chairmanship position.
Speaking on Joy FM on Thursday, October 15, about excerpts from his latest documentary, Manasseh said he learnt of the headmaster’s political position while filming in the community.
According to him, the headmaster intends to contest the chairmanship at the party’s constituency delegates’ conference, expected before the end of the year.
"This man [the headmaster], we are told, is the Juabeng Constituency Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress, and there are posters of him wanting to contest for the constituency chairman," he claimed.
Manasseh expressed alarm at what he described as widespread knowledge of the allegations among residents, including NDC members, coupled with an apparent reluctance to speak publicly about them.
He said his interactions during the investigation suggested that the allegations were widely known within the community.
