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Deputy Director of Research for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Otokunor believes the investigation conducted by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) revealing Togolese nationals in Ghana’s voters’ register is a sham.

According to him, the proposal sent by the opposition NPP to the Electoral Commission is not new to the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting which was held in early January 2015 except that it added images to its presentation.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged over 76, 286 people with same names and pictures are in the voters’ registers of both Ghana and Togo.

Presenting what he termed “a damning revelation” which should trigger the need for a new voters’ register in Ghana before the 2016 elections a couple of weeks ago, the vice presidential candidate of the main opposition party Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said the uncovering of these foreign nationals in the register is just “10% of the search.”

But speaking on Okay Fm’s "Ade Akye Abia" Morning Show, Otokunor emphasized that the NPP has not been itself after losing the 2012 elections and still living in that frustrated mood.

He added that Togolese nationals could not have been captured in Ghana’s voters’ register as the registration was conducted in 2012 and the Togolese had theirs in 2013; making it wrong to say Togolese came here to register.

He wondered why the NPP could not provide the Togolese voters’ Identity cards but rather provided certain names on a plain sheet of papers with “Photoshop” images claiming to be Togolese nationals on Ghana’s voters’ register.

“They didn’t bring Togolese voters’ ID cards but rather certain names on a plain sheet of papers with Photoshop images that 76,286 Togolese have registered in Ghana; it does not make sense…they did Photoshop to add people’s images to their presentation which was rejected by IPAC in its early January meeting; it is all lies,” he asserted.