The Electoral Commission has described as baseless claims by the former Member of Parliament contesting in the Ejisu by-election as a sole candidate that the NPP will manipulate the polls.
Accusations levelled against the governing party by the MP’s team include claims of ballot box stuffing, attempted bribery of officials and the use of intimidation tactics to influence the electoral process.
The claims which emerged from the camp of Kwabena Owusu Aduomi, an independent candidate also include plans by the NPP to transport unqualified senior high school students to partake in the exercise and orchestrate power outages during counting.
However, reacting to the development on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Tuesday (30 April), the Ashanti regional director of the EC, Benjamin Banor-Bio said the former MP’s team may be ignorant of the electoral process.
“When people make such allegations, it tells you that maybe they are not conversant with the systems in place. Our system is so transparent.”
“There is no way anybody could cheat without it being detected. So if somebody is saying the Electoral Commission is skewing the system in favour of a candidate or against a candidate the media must ask the person at what level are they [Electoral Commission] going to cheat…” he said.
Listen to Benjamin Banor-Bio in the attached audio clip below:
Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
Asaase Radio 99.5 broadcasts on radio via 99.5 in Accra, 98.5 in Kumasi, 99.7 in Tamale, 100.3 in Cape Coast and on our affiliates Azay FM 89.1 in Takoradi, Bead FM 99.9 in Bimbilla, Mining City 89.5 in Tarkwa, Sissala Radio 96.3 in Tumu, Somuaa FM 89.9 in Gushegu, Stone City 90.7 in Ho and Wale FM 106.9 in Walewale
Tune in to broadcasts online: asaaseradio.com, Sound Garden, and TuneIn
Follow us on Twitter: @asaaseradio995
Live streaming on facebook.com/asaase99.5. Also on YouTube: AsaaseXtra.
Join the conversation. Call: 020 000 9951 or 059 415 7777. Or WhatsApp: 020 000 0995.
#AsaaseRadio
#TheVoiceofOurLand
#WeAreHere
#WeLoveOurLand
