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The ongoing voters transfer exercise at Asunafo South in the Brong Ahafo Region was suddenly stopped following the invasion of unidentified thugs.

The largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) of being behind the attack which left the driver of the NPP Parliamentary candidate, a former Constituency Chairman, Osei Bonsu  and three others injured.

The NPP has further claimed that the EC had some of the materials for the exercise destroyed.

Explaining how the incident ensued, the Parliamentary Candidate George Yaw Boakye said about 40 applicants had already queued and were in the process of having their votes transferred when the NDC also brought some persons to have theirs done.

He added that the NDC thought if they should allow the people in the queue who they perceived were NPP members to go through the process, it would be difficult for the NDC persons to also do same hence they disrupted the process.

The EC has confirmed the incident but has denied that materials were destroyed.

The Electoral Commission started accepting applications for transfer of votes from one constituency to another on Friday 9th September 2016. The exercise will end on Friday, 7th October 2016.