Charged along with Jumah was his campaign Manager, Richies Oscar.
They were both granted bail in the sum of GH¢10,000 each with a surety
While Jumah was charged for causing unlawful damage to a photo album belonging to the Electoral Commission, Oscar was charged for resisting lawful arrest.
The judge, Mrs Efua Adu-Amankwah adjourned the case to June 29, 2015.
Background
The Police in Kumasi Saturday arrested Jumah and his campaign manager for allegedly destroying election materials including the voters’ register during the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primaries at the Asokwa Constituency last Saturday.
He was said to have seized the ballot booklet from an Electoral Commission official and attempted to tear it after losing to Patricia Appiagyei who polled 326 votes as against his 158 votes.
Jumah was placed in custody on Saturday and spent the night in police cells at the Asokwa Police Station.
He was arraigned in court Monday after the police granted him a police enquiry bail on Sunday.
If the court finds him guilty of the offences, he could face a prison term of up to two years, a fine or both.
Jumah served as a Mayor of Kumasi from 2001 to 2004 before becoming a Member of Parliament representing the Asokwa constituency from 2004 to 2008 within which period he was appointed a Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development by former President J.A. Kufuor.
In 2008, his successor as Kumasi Mayor, Madam Patricia Appiagyei contested him and snatched the Asokwa seat from him. The rivalry between the two became intense from then on as Jumah saw Appiagyei as a “tormentor” especially as her first attempt at Parliament was at the Asawasi constituency in 2004 also in Kumasi, where she lost to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Jumah accused Appiagyei of running away from the Asawasi constituency which was difficult for the NPP to win as it was a “safe” seat for the NDC.
Jumah in 2012 tried a comeback but was rejected by the NPP delegates.
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