7000 'outsiders' registered in Jomoro - Samia alleges

Europa 00:21 - 10 May 2016

According to her, even though there were some Ghanaians who came from Ivory Coast to register, "there are some Ivorians as well who should not be voting in the district of Jomoro."

Former Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Samia Nkrumah has alleged that some 7000 outsiders, including Ivorians have been registered onto Ghana’s electoral register in the just-ended limited voters’ registration exercise in the Jomoro constituency in the Western Region.

"…Whenever our polling agents called us, we went to see what was happening and indeed we did see a big number of non-Ghanaians," she told Accra-based Citi FM.

According to her, even though there were some Ghanaians who came from Ivory Coast to register, "there are some Ivorians as well who should not be voting in the district of Jomoro because what is the point of demarcating our country into different districts if we can see an influx… like when you see hundreds of people coming in on buses".

"These people coming to register did not know their addresses, they could not say where they were living, and in some cases they gave fictitious addresses, and in other cases hundreds of people gave the same address which was non-existent," she added.

The former Jomoro MP further believed the latest development was rather unfair to the people of Jomoro as the number of outsiders likely to vote in the November polls will outnumber the residents.

"...If we go on by this trend, the number of voters outside the district of Jomoro is going to be more than the number of residents… we cannot conduct elections in this way and say they are fair," Ms. Nkrumah added.