There were numerous cases of over-voting, especially in the Ashanti Region, during the just-ended presidential and parliamentary elections, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Greater Accra Regional Minister and Member of Parliament for Kpone Katamanso, has said.
According to him, in some areas, agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were asked to move far away from the polling officers who were issuing the ballot papers, allowing them to issue more than one ballot paper to voters, a situation he said led to over-voting in the region.
Speaking in an interview with Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom on Accra 100.5FM on Friday December 16, Mr Afotey Agbo said: “Some of our people (agents) were not vigilant at the polling stations because instead of sitting close to the polling officers who were issuing the ballot papers, they were asked to keep a distance and out of ignorance or influence, they did. Then people had a field day and issued more than one ballot paper, some three, some four, some five, to vote.
“In most of the polling stations in Ashanti, there was over-voting, but we could not hold on [to these allegations] and create problems for this country, and so we had to let it go. We will ensure that those mistakes do not happen again.”
He also blamed some members of the NDC for deliberately campaigning against the party, resulting in the loss of several parliamentary seats to the New Patriotic Party.
He said: “Where you needed a party supporter to be firm and strong, he thought he could take revenge on some people within the party who may have offended them. Even within my own constituency where I won, I should have had more votes than what I had, but some who contested against me in the primaries were going round with a group formed within the party, from community to community, with a diabolical plan, telling the people to vote skirt and blouse.”
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THE NDC IS RESIGNED TO HISTORY.NEVER AGAIN SHALL YOU HOLD OFFICE.GHANAIANS GETS WISER AND WISER EVERY DAY.YOU GUYS ARE TOTALLY FINISHED.
I was praying so that my NPP will collect ur seat at ur area . kindly remember 2012 election, Johnson Asiedu Nketia said the ***barred word*** should go to court. So you can now go ok.
Gyimie
have u forgotten the road to the supreme court? u can ask any taxi driver. they will take you there to go and meet ur good friend. i am sure he will listen to u ple. remember any ed1)t can go to court. see who is talking abt rigging? is this another way to say that they were not able to rig?
I thought John Mahama said you were united unlike the NPP. How come some of your own people campaigned against you?
Honourable the Supreme Court is located on the High Street in Accra.
Afotey, talk like this is very symptomatic of the NDC who live in perpetual self denial and cannot accept any internal weaknesses or failings. Therefore treating the ills of their fall will take a long time. What about the huge defeat in the Central, Brong Ahafo, Western, Upper West, Northern and Upper East? The more self denial, the better chances for a longer stay in opposition.
John Mahama appointed an incompetent EC chair to supervised an election and allowed it to be rigged and lost it to the opposition. This indicates John Mahama and his NDC are incompetent and not fit for office....
These people will not stop their propaganda for once.it's even said that when NDC person is on the verg of dyeing and you ask him to say the truth to get life he will prefer to die than to tell the truth.I prey that propaganda will keep you opposition till 2040.
The BIG question is why was the EC delaying? mr agbo or whatever they call you have you forgotten so soon that you and your ndc bought the ec and it officials and all the security services? why did the ec mrs charlotte osei said "someone has hacked the ec system", the system they provided for both ec and ndc so they can manipulate the results that come in, the system that made your general secretary mr asiedu nketia to come out and said " we are comfortably leading". no wonder john mahama the ex-prez said ghanaians forget things within one or two weeks. With these propagandas i hear by delare the ndc to be in opposition till 2032