The Electoral Commission says fake ballots thumb-printed for president John Dramani Mahama would not count as valid votes even if they found their way into the ballot box
The New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman Monday morning led the police in Kumasi to a location where thousands of fake ballots thumb-printed for the President were retrieved.
The papers were discovered in bags in a room at Madison Lodge in the Nhyiaeso Constituency in Kumasi after the Monday morning search by some policemen, some NPP parliamentary candidates and the party’s regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako.
Joy News reported that the police picked up a receptionist at the facility for questioning after the discovery.
“Bernard Antwi Boasiako has for sometime now been leading the police on a wild goose chase on allegations that some people had arms and thumb-printed ballot papers in certain locations in Kumasi.”
He said some of the papers which had no serial numbers had been thumb printed for President John Mahama and had been packed in three mini travelling bags.
He said a search of a woman’s residence at Tanoso on Sunday yielded no results and another lead led to the Monday morning’s discovery.
Meanwhile, the Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission said the interception will have no implications for the results of the upcoming elections because they have no serial numbers and Electoral Commission’s stamp on the back.
“This is not the first time we are seeing this…although they look similar to ours but if they get into our ballot boxes, we will find out,” Mr Serebour Quaicoo told Joy FM.
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Nathan Kofi Boakye said the circumstances of the interception raises doubt but added that investigations will be conducted to get to the bottom of the matter, Erastus reported.
The police commander warned some NPP supporters who had gathered at the Central Police Station in Kumasi to leave or get arrested.
“Insulting the President in front of a police station is unruly and they are trying to provoke us to arrest them….this is an extreme provocation to the Ghana Police Service….it is unnecessary, irresponsible and should not happen,” DCOP Kofi Boakye noted.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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THE WHISTLE BLOWERS PLANNED AND EXECUTED THIS. THIS IS FAKE
WHAT IS HAPPENING BEFORE THE ELECTIONS IS VERY WORRYING. THOUGH EC CLAIMS THE BALLOT PAPERS ARE FAKE IT IS A DANGEROUS DEVELOPMENT. IF THEY FIND THEIR WAY INTO THE BALLOT BOXES THEY WILL CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. 1. THEY MAY BE UNDETECTED DURING COUNTING AFFECT THE ACCOUNTING OF THE BALLOTS CAST AT THE POLLING STATION. 2. THEY MAY ALSO INFLATE THE RESULT OF THE CANDIDATE FOR WHOM THEY WERE CAST. 3.THE PERPETRATORS OF THE CRIME MAY PRETEND TO BE DECENT PARTY SUPPORTERS AND INSIST OF THEM AS BEING GOOD VOTES. THEY MAY EVEN BLAME EC OFFICIALS FOR PROVIDING FAKE PAPERS OR FAILING TO STAMP THE BALLOTS AS IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS. THEY MAY USE THE CONFUSION TO DEMAND THAT THE RESULT OF A POLLING STATION IS UNACCEPTABLE. SO FAKE BALLOT PAPERS FOUND IN BALLOT BOXES CAN CREATE TENSION AND GENERATE CHAOS FOR THE ELECTIONS. EVERYBODY MUST BE VIGILANT FOR THE ELECTIONS. BOXES MUST BE PLACED AT POSITIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE FROM A REASONABLE DISTANCE WHAT A VOTER IS DOING AT THE BOX. THE POLICE MUST INVESTIGATE ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS AND THE CULPRITS MUST BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY WHETHER IT IS BEFORE OR AFTER THE ELECTIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE CRIMES AT ELECTIONS DIE WITH DECLARATION OF RESULTS. IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN THAT WAY SO THAT WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND NOT OTHER WAY.POP
so Kofi boakye, npp who planned this used the real name of wontume's aid to book a ROOM AND THEN TURNED ROUND TO CRY WOLF? YOU SEE HOW THIN YOUR BRAINS ARE, BECAUSE OF YOUR STMACH YOU LACK COMMON SENSEEE, Soon you will be put to shame, how difficult for ndc to pay money to the so called hotel management to turn the story round, and if people insult the president, what's your beef?
Charlie when these papers are being counted, they don't check anything ooo. Just pour the contents of the box on a table and start sorting it out party by party. So please no time for examining the ballot cus the counting is normally done at night. Just imagine when these fake papers gets into a ballot box. it would be counted among the genuine ones. All these warrant to over voting of which unfortunately the supreme court could not defined properly. As for COP Kofi Boakye, the way he answered the questions posed to KSK showed his biasness. He should calm down and answer questions as a professional. Don't re-echo what people say, all that he should have said was the police are in charge and would investigate. He should don't be frustrated because of this small pockets of instigations here and there. Does he knows what Police Officers goes thru in war torn countries? You dey for Ghana where there is relatively peace so you think you dey on top. Small intimidation then you bore. Ghana Police paa. SMH
So it is in Kumasi that the NDC can thump print fake ballot papers and thump print them. God is watching.
COP BOAKYE IS GRADUALLY TURNING HIMSELF INTO AN AN NDC POLITICIAN. HE WAS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM HIS FRIEND KSK THIS MORNING ON PEACE FM RADIO. HOW CAN A REGIONAL COMMANDER TALK AS AN NDC PROPAGANDA SECRETARY.