[ 2016-12-05 ]

Retrieved thumb-printed ballot papers fake – DCOP Kofi Boakye
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP,
Nathan Kofi Boakye has said the supposed ballot
papers retrieved by the police in Kumasi are
fake.

The Ghanaian media space on Monday morning were
inundated with reports of three bags containing
ballot papers said to have allegedly been
thumb-printed in favour of President John Dramani
Mahama.

The bags were retrieved from Madison hotel, room
4.

The news drew a huge crowd of supporters of the
New Patriotic Party trooping to the Regional
Police Command demanding justice is done.

But speaking on Peace FM Monday, DCOP, Nathan Kofi
Boakye stated that the ballot papers upon
inspection by the Ashanti Regional Director of the
Electoral Commission, Mr Serebour Quaicoo, were
found out to be counterfeit.

“Once there were claims that the materials were
ballot papers, that meant it was from the
Electoral Commission. So I called in the EC
Regional Director who upon assessing the materials
confirmed they were fake. There are no serial
numbers on the said ballot papers. Some of them
have been fingerprinted with ink pads and not the
ink that is provided by the EC during voting.
We’ve shown them to journalists around.”

He added:”We’ve just been informed that there
are more somewhere. So we’ve provided security
detail for some journalist to move in with the
police to retrieve the said ballot papers. So that
we can examine those as well.”

DCOP Kofi Boakye added that the police will still
continue with investigations despite the materials
being confirmed to be fake.

Source - Kasapafm

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