EC Official at Kintampo South Arrested
An Electoral Commission official stationed at the Kintampo South Constituency in the Bono East Region has been arrested by the police.
In a press release issued by the Ghana Police Service, the said official at the Ampesika-Bayere polling station was identified as Dery Joseph.
He was arrested while the electoral process was ongoing.
“The Ghana Police Service has arrested an Electoral Commission (EC) official at Kintampo South Constituency in the Bono East Region, for electoral offences during the ongoing general elections.”
According to the police, the suspect allegedly issued at least 15 ballot papers to voters that omitted the first presidential candidate at the said polling station.
Ghanaians are today choosing a new President as well as Parliamentary candidates. The election will see 18,774,159 registered voters voting in 40,648 polling stations in 276 Constituencies.
Twelve Presidential candidates are scrambling for power. They are Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, an Independent Candidate, Christian Kwabena Andrews of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Daniel Augustus Lartey Jnr of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) and George Twum-Barima-Adu, an Independent Candidate.
The rest are Nana Kwame Bediako, an Independent Candidate, Hassan Abdulai Ayariga of the All People’s Congress (APC), Kofi Akpaloo of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mohammed Frimpong of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Akosua Frimpomaa of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and Kofi Koranteng, an Independent Candidate.
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
