23,000 ballot papers intercepted at Akatsi by Immigration Service

The Ghana Immigration Service has intercepted 23,000 presidential ballot papers in the Akatsi North District in the Volta Region, which, checks show were being transported to Akatsi North.

The suspect has been identified as a constituency executive of the opposition National Democratic Congress. According to our checks, the suspect was apprehended at the Hevi, in the Ave enclave.

3 booklets of 1,000 presidential ballot papers each (see photos) were first seen with the suspect, Abraham Ahiabu, the serving constituency secretary of the NDC in Akatsi North. Upon further search, the suspect admitted to possessing additional 20,000 presidential ballot papers.

The arrest happened around 1pm Thursday afternoon, with two days to the general elections on December 7.

According to the officers who caused the arrest, the suspect, Mr Ahiabu, when interrogated, claimed he was on his way to Vodome in Togo to “educate voters on how to vote using the ballot papers..” The Electoral Commission of Ghana will not be conducting elections in Togo.

The suspect, however, described the ballot papers as “dummies.” He has since been handed over to the Ghana Police Service in Akatsi North District headquarters for further investigations and the evidence handed over to the police.

Both the NPP and NDC are known to print dummy ballot papers for voter education. But, they usually blot the photos of all other candidates, except the party’s own candidate, to direct voters to the choice being marketed.

Our information is that the papers are being checked to determine their authenticity.

Reporting by Wilberforce Asare in Accra, Ghana

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