Officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) in the Ashanti Region have initiated steps to remove approximately 580 names from the Manhyia South voter register, in compliance with a court order.
This action follows concerns raised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the constituency, which identified irregularities in the voter register during the voter transfer exercise. The party subsequently sought legal clarification.
The Kumasi Magistrate Court, presided over by Her Worship Deborah Gyaawa Donkor, ruled on Tuesday that the affected voters should be returned to their original constituencies.
In an interview with Accra based Citi News, the NPP Manhyia South Constituency Secretary, Alhaji Haruna Alhassan, emphasized the party’s commitment to ensuring the court’s directive is followed.
He urged other NPP strongholds to review their voter registers for potential discrepancies and take appropriate action.
“It was during the transfer that we the NPP in the Manhyia South constituency became conscious about certain things relative to the transfer of votes to the constituency.
“We became conscious because the transfers to the constituency were not normal to us but per the LI there is nothing we could have done. During the exhibition, we followed up and found out that about five or six polling stations out of the 107 polling stations we have in Manhyia South there have been some abnormal transfers.”
“For example, we had about 150 transfers to St Loius Training College of Education so we sent the matter to court and we appeared before the court five times…So eventually yesterday the court ordered that 580 people who were transferred to Manhyia South during the transfer period should be sent back to where their votes were originally. We are going to follow up on that and make sure that the right thing is done,” he stated.
