The Suhum constituency of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vowed to resist any attempt to manipulate the electoral register with fictitious vote transfer to the constituency.
Tension escalated in Suhum on Tuesday as NDC executives pursued individuals allegedly bused into the area to transfer their votes.
The NDC suspects that these individuals are being brought in from various parts of Eastern and Ashanti regions.
Surveillance by NDC executives and their supporters upon intelligence Tuesday morning identified one such Mercedes Sprinter buses with registration number ER 121-24, but the passengers managed to escape.
They however traced them to a house suspected of harboring these individuals but locked, preventing access.
Meanwhile two of the suspects who allegedly attempted to transfer their votes were reportedly arrested by Suhum Police to assist investigation.
At about 4:30 pm, confusion broke at the EC office as some of the alleged non-residents appeared to register. The NDC blocked them and chased them away.
However, according to the NPP, the persons being alleged to have been accommodated in a house are party members from various electoral areas renewing their Health Insurance cards under the sponsorship of Frank Asiedu Bekoe alias Protozoa ,the Parliamentary candidate for NPP.
When contacted, the Suhum police declined comment on the arrest stating that, the journalist should contact the Public Relations Department at the Headquarters.
The Electoral Commission (EC) has issued a directive to exclude party agents from observing the vote transfer process, citing an effort to reduce violent clashes.
This decision was criticized by the NDC.
The party’s flag bearer, John Mahama, who claims it is part of a scheme to aid the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in election fraud. Mahama asserts that this collusion will not succeed and emphasizes the NDC’s readiness to monitor and counter any such efforts.
The EC however on Tuesday Evening recscinded the decision.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
