A temporary Electoral Commission (EC) official was on Monday, December 2, 2024, arrested during the Special Voting exercise in Bimbilla in the Northern region.
This was after the official identified as Gerti Justice allegedly took a picture of his ballot.
Justice’s arrest according to reports by Accra-based ChannelOne TV was prompted by concerns from National Democratic Congress(NDC) agents who were at the polling station.
The parliamentary candidate for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Atta Napari Suale revealed that, Justice admitted to the office during interrogation by the Police.
A consensus was therefore reached for his name to be removed from the list of officials on duty.
Following extensive discussions, Justice was released but the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) did not consent, requesting that he faces the full rigorous of the law.
A similar incident occurred at the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency.
At Awayaso West Wuogon, one person was arrested while attempted to photograph his ballot while the second incident led to an altercation between a voter and an Independent Candidate, Abdul Rauf Abugri Mumuni.
The NDC also raised concerns of occurrences in the Ayawaso Central constituency.
