General News of Saturday, 22 October 2016Source: Graphic.com.gh8 disqualified aspirants hot but Nana Konadu upbeat about winning case against ECNana Konadu Agyeman RawlingsThe Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has turned the heat on eight disqualified presidential candidates whose subscribers committed various offences while endorsing their nomination forms. “The presidential candidates were the ones who presented the nomination forms in contention to the Electoral Commission (EC). They will be charged with abetment of crime if investigations conclude that they are culpable,” Mr Agblor noted. BackgroundThe EC, on Monday, October 10, 2016, disqualified 12 presidential aspirants from contesting the December 7, 2016 elections for various reasons ranging from forgery, impersonation to perjury. Three days later, it forwarded a complaint against the subscribers for eight aspirants to the CID for investigations.

Source: GhanaWeb October 22, 2016 12:45 UTC