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One of the leading contenders in National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearership race, Prof Joshua Alabi’s name is nowhere to be found in the voter's register.

Prof Joshua Alabi, who went to his polling station in Krowor Constituency in Nungua, a seaside township in Accra to vote, had a shock of his life when his name, according to his agents was “deliberately” deleted in the register.

“After several minutes of searching for his name in the register, the polling officers could not find the name. This is a deliberate attempt. Why are they doing that?" Dude Sekele aide to Mr Alabi questioned in an interview with Okay FM.

The issue, according Dude, led to the building up of tension at the voting centre – but calm has now been restored.

“The polling officers said they will make sure he vote,” he said.

The Race

About 260,000 delegates across all 275 constituencies plus three specially-created polling stations are expected to cast their ballots.

Delegates include branch executives, constituency executives, regional executives; regional council of elders, MPs, former government appointees and founding members will have their say in Ghana’s most novel internal party primary.

The contestants are: Former President John Dramani Mahama, the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin, former Vice Chancellor of University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Prof. Joshua Alabi, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Mr Sylvester Mensah, former Minister of Trade, Ekwow Spio Garbrah, businessman, Nurudeen Iddrisu and NDC stalwart, Goosie Tanoh.