Police Attacked For Allegedly Attempting To Smuggle Unsealed Ballot Boxes Into Collation Centre
- Some police officers and electoral officials have been attacked outside a collation centre in the Ablekuma West constituency
- The constituents had stopped the police officers and electoral officials from carrying unsealed ballot boxes into the collation centre
- The constituents demanded that the unsealed ballot boxes be returned to wherever they took it from
Police officers and some electoral officers have allegedly been beaten for attempting to smuggle unsealed ballot boxes into the collation centre at the Ablemkuma West constituency.
The police officers were apprehended by vigilant citizens monitoring the collation process outside the collation centre.
Source: UGC
They stopped the officers and the electoral officers from entering the collation centre with the unsealed ballot boxes.
The citizens attacked the officers and forced the electoral officers to return with the unsealed boxes.
Police issue collation centre arrangements
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service has announced mechanisms to protect the process before the presidential and parliamentary results are collated.
In a December 7 press release, the Police stated that it has collaborated with the Electoral Commission to establish mechanisms to ensure security, law, and order across the country.
It advised stakeholders to strictly adhere to this mechanism to avoid any brush with the law.
The police explained that the mechanisms will be in place till the collation process is over.
The police stated that only accredited persons would be allowed to access the collation centres. These are the media, candidates and the agents, accredited observers and other individuals or groups who may have EC accreditation.
Persons entering these collation centres will be screened.
Also, unauthorised vehicles will not be allowed within the premises of the collation centres, and motorbikes will not be allowed within 100 metres of the centres.
The police assured citizens that these measures are not out of the ordinary and replicate what normally occurs during national elections.
Man arrested with 76 ballot papers
YEN.com.gh reported that a man was arrested at Atwima Foase in possession of 76 ballot papers at a polling station as the 2024 general elections commence.
In exclusive footage captured by media outlet Onua FM, the young man was seen getting apprehended by the police.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
