The Electoral Fee (EC) has suspended its Pusiga District Director for allegedly transferring voters within the register with out their discover.
In response to the EC Deputy Chairman of Operations, Samuel Tettey, the director is the primary suspect as no voter switch within the district might be performed with out his involvement.
Whereas talking at a lecture in Tamale, he added {that a} committee has been set as much as examine the matter.
He stated investigations to date have revealed that the unlawful transfers had been performed utilizing the pictures of the voter IDs of the affected individuals.
“What the fee realized was that, as a substitute of them going to the centre, they didn’t. Quite, the pictures had been captured and that was what they used to have an effect on the switch.
“Somebody collected these playing cards below the pretext of giving them loans. They managed to get the transfers performed with out going to the district workplace. So we have now suspended the officer and we’re investigating. Those that are concerned will probably be sacked,” Mr Tettey stated.
This comes after the police arrested a trainer for allegedly transferring voters illegally from some polling stations in Tamale, Northern Area, to a different area.
The suspect, recognized as Alhassan Lukman, is alleged to have taken the voter ID playing cards of some 32 residents of Tamale South and Sagnarigu constituencies with a promise of securing help from some Arabs for them.
The affected residents went later to verify their particulars within the voter exhibition, solely to find that their names had been transferred to Pusiga within the Higher East Area.
They rapidly reported the problems to the Tamale Metro Police.
Upon investigations, the police arrested Alhassan Lukman.
Following the arrest, the management of the Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC) within the Northern Area gave a 24-hour ultimatum to arrest any official who aided the unlawful switch.
The get together warned that the EC’s credibility would endure if it didn’t comply.