A Kumasi Magistrate court has annulled over a 1,000 voter transfers to the Manhyia South constituency, ordering the Electoral Commission (EC) to promptly return all affected voters to their original constituencies.
The Magistrate who presided over the case, Gyaawa Donkor, reached the verdict after an accusation brought before the court by Lawyer Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Manhyia South, after detecting that voter transfers had been engineered by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), travelled its judicial course.
Mr. Awuah, after uncovering the illegal transfers, had organized polling station executives and residents to raise objections, suggesting that these transfers involved individuals who did not live in the constituency.
The objections were validated by the completion of Objection Forms in accordance with Regulation 23 of CI 91, which indicated that the transferred voters were not residents of the constituency.
On September 20, 2024, landlords of the properties testified during the court hearing on the matter, denying that the individuals who used their addresses to register lived there.
Rita Gyamfua Amonu, the NDC Parliamentary candidate, chose not to comment on the matter when journalists reached out after the court’s ruling.
by Nelly Takyiwa Boateng
