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Police service denies adding new names to special voters' list

There were media reports that the police had given the EC a new list to add to the personnel who were to partake in the special voting exercise on December 1.

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Director of Operations of the Ghana Police Service, COP Christian Tetteh Yohonu said the reports were false and must be disregarded.

“It is not true that we are adding new names to the special voting list so as to bloat it…there’s no way somebody can vote if the person is not a registered voter. Whether the person is voting on the D-Day of voting or is voting on the special day, the person has only one opportunity to vote.”

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“There’s nothing like any new names, all the people that we have are all registered, valid voters, and they have the opportunity to vote only once.”

Three political parties – NDP, PPP and the PNC in a joint statement on Thursday also alleged that the elections will not be free and fair.

In a related development, the Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Michael Samson-Oje has cautioned Ghanaians to avoid causing trouble during the elections. He warned that the security will deal ruthlessly with anyone who flouts the laws.

“I’ll like to sound a note of caution to any person or group of persons who intend to cause any kind of trouble during the election period. We in the military are ready and prepared together with the civil police and our other sister security services to deal ruthlessly with any such group of persons or person.”

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