The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied allegations of secretly registering voters using stolen Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) Kits.
The electoral body was responding to allegations made by Election Watch Ghana, a civil society organisation.
The group had alleged that the EC was secretly registering voters with stolen BVR kits.
But EC’s Deputy Commissioner in charge of Operations addressing a press conference said
“The attention of the commission has been drawn to a press conference organised by a group called Election Watch Ghana during which one Mark Ewusi alleged that the EC was using stolen BVR kits to register people secretly. The commission urges the public to ignore these baseless and unfounded allegations as they are without merit”.
He indicated that the EC had reported to security agencies about five missing laptops, which are components of the BVR kits, and not the entire BVR kits.
“…The commission has never reported that BVR kits have been stolen. The Commission reported to the security agencies that five laptops were missing. The commission informed all stakeholders about the missing laptops.
“Describing the missing laptops as BVRs is a deliberate attempt by certain groups to deceive the public in order to sustain their unfounded allegations…the five missing laptops on their own cannot be used to register voters,” he stated.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
