The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is alleging that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is scheming to manipulate the December 7 general elections in the Volta Region, which is their stronghold.
Miracles Aboagye, the communications director for the Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia campaign, referenced the alleged arrest of the NDC’s constituency secretary for the Akatsi North District over the possession of dummy ballots.
Immigration officers in the Akatsi North District intercepted three booklets of ballot papers, each containing 1,000 sheets, during a routine monitoring exercise on December 5, 2024.
The dummy ballots were intercepted at Hevi, an unapproved route often associated with irregular cross-border activities.
The ballots, totalling 3,000, were allegedly en route to Vodome in neighbouring Togo.
Reacting to this, Mr. Aboagye quizzed the intention behind the decision to transport the dummy ballots to Togo with just few days to the elections.
He said this is a Ghana election; hence it raises concerns over why citizens of Togo would be educated on how to vote.
Addressing a press conference on Friday, December 6, 2024, he said no foreigner would have the opportunity to vote in the general elections.
He has therefore advised any individual who is not a Ghanaian citizen not to allow anyone to lure them into coming to Ghana and participate in the elections.
Miracles Aboagye stated that “it is important to reiterate the point that this election is for the people of Ghana. It is for the citizens of this country, and no foreigner, nobody from any other country apart from Ghana, has the right to cast his or her vote in this election. It is not allowed”.
He alleged that some Togolese and other foreigners were lured to register during the registration exercise, but they will have no opportunity to participate in the elections.
He revealed that the NPP has asked their officers to remain vigilant and prevent all foreigners from voting.
He also referenced the interrogation of an EC officer in the Afadzato South constituency who was transporting ballot papers and other electoral materials in a private vehicle without a police escort.
This, he said, exposes the rigging schemes by the NDC in their stronghold, and yet, they are the ones who keep attacking the EC and accusing it of planning to rig.
He said since this incident, they have not received any update on the matter.
He added that the NDC has realised they will lose the elections, and so they are scheming to rig the elections in their strongholds.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana