Election 2020: NDC accuses NPP of ballot stuffing

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of ballot stuffing in the just ended presidential and parliamentary elections.

Addressing an emergency news conference at the party’s headquarters in Accra, the Communications Director of NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, said the stuffing of ballot happened in Accra and Ejisu.

“A lady was arrested at Circle in the Greater Accra Region. When she was arrested, she pretended to be deaf, it is also happening at Ejisu, but for the vigilance of people at Ejisu and Accra, we wouldn’t have gotten these evidence,” he told journalists.

He bemoaned the low deployment of security officials in the nationwide voting exercise, calling for a beef up in security at affected polling stations.

“We call on the IGP to deploy more security personnel to man polling stations without security in the Ashanti Region.”

Gyamfi has therefore called on its supporters to vote massively for the party and remain at the polling station to observe the counting process.

“If you have already voted go back to your polling stations, don’t go and engage in any unlawful activity, just go there stand quietly and observe. If you are there in your numbers, all those thumbs printed ballot papers will remain in their car,” Gyamfi said.

He said the party has officially reported the incident to the Electoral Commission and it is awaiting a response from the electoral body.

The party’s director of elections, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, on his part alleged security agencies have ordered not to escort ballot boxes after the elections.

“We find it very strange that there is a communication that the police should not escort the ballot boxes, we call on our supporters to be vigilante and ensure the right thing is done,” he added.

He called on international and local observers to intensify their monitoring of the entire process.

Fred Dzakpata

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