A temporary staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) has been arrested in the Pusiga District for accepting and entering onto registration forms fake Ghana Card numbers presented by some 17 individuals in the ongoing limited voters registration in the area.
According to the EC, “During the Voters Registration Exercise on 13th May 2024, a Data Entry Clerk observed suspicious Ghana Card numbers on 17 registration forms. The Data Entry Clerk notified the District Electoral Officer accordingly”.
It said its investigation confirmed that the said Ghana Card numbers were fake and that “the registration officer was complicit because he did not physically inspect the Ghana Card of individual applicants but rather accepted the fake numbers from party agents who had accompanied the 17 applicants”.
The officer was subsequently dismissed and arrested following a complaint filed with the police.
The suspect has since been granted a police enquiry bail and the 17 applicants registered through the guarantor system.
While assuring transparency and inclusivity in the ongoing registration and reiterating its resolve to capture the target number of voters, it said “the Commission would like to warn all its temporary officials that it will not countenance the breach of its electoral laws”.
It added, “Any person found violating the laws of the commission will be handed over to the police and permanently blacklisted by the commission”.
