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The Police in the Ashanti Region have discovered and seized fake ballot papers from a private residence in the Kwadaso constituency of the Ashanti Region.
This follows a report made to the police by the National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Yamin.
According to Mr Yamin, his office received a tip-off on Friday, December 6, that some thumb-printed ballot papers in favour of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) were being transported to the Ashanti Region.
He said he immediately followed up on the case, but by midnight on Friday, they were unable to locate the destination of the ballot papers.
Mr Yamin explained that he left spies in the constituency, and hours into the voting exercise, they were able to discover where the ballot papers were being kept.
Speaking about the authentication of the intercepted ballot papers, Mr Yamin said they had opened some of the boxes containing the consignment and confirmed that “it is the exact copy of what we are using in the voting right now.”
He added that when they opened one of the boxes in the room, “50 ballot booklets fell out of it.”
Mr Yamin stated that the NDC remains vigilant in the electoral process because, “If the NPP is confident of breaking the eight, then it means they are stepping on something because they have performed abysmally. So, the only way they can break the eight is to rig, to steal.” He made this statement to the press after the police had retrieved the consignment.
He further mentioned that the NDC “have always been suspicious of the NPP printing some of these booklets.”
Meanwhile, the Ashanti Regional Police Command has taken the consignment to their office for further interrogation and investigation.
source: myjoyonline.com
Rafiq Adam
Emmanuel Mensah
