The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the conclusion of its internal investigation into the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) allegations of illegal vote transfers.
Per the outcome of its probe, the EC has dismissed the application by the NDC, saying it found no merit in the allegations made by the NDC.
The NDC had called for a forensic audit into the register due to some discrepancies as well as the illegal transfer of voters without their knowledge.
Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Benjamin Bano-Bio stated that the commission directed its IT department to investigate the NDC’s claims and found them to be baseless.
He indicated that there were not 15,000 illegal vote transfers, as was suggested during the NDC’s press briefing.
He explained that the issue occurred in Pusiga, and due to the system’s built-in accountability, the EC was able to trace the problem, determine how it happened, and reverse all 38 transfers that were detected.
“We did not stop there. We tasked our IT team to go through all the detected transfers to determine if such a situation occurred across the country. We have not found any other cases in this regard.”
Commenting on the planned demonstrations but the NDC, he said the EC was prepared to receive the petition from the NDC.
“As a party, they have the right to demonstrate; if you have issues and they want to present to our office, we have no problem. We would accept them, but we want to encourage them to ensure that civility prevails so that it does not turn out into something.”.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
