Ashanti NDC cries foul over mass transfer of votes

Kumasi May 7 GNA---The Asanti Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to investigate the incidence of mass transfer of votes from Kumasi to the Offinso North Constituency.

A press statement issued and signed by Mr Paul Kwame Adu, Regional Administrator of the party, said the NDC has received reports that many voters in Ashanti-New-Town, Suame and Maakro in Kumasi, Ayaakaso, Ayensua and Namong in the Offinso South are being prevailed upon to transfer their votes to Offinso North.

Some businessmen from Akomadan residing in Kumasi, it said, are engineering this. The statement saw the move as a scheme designed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to boost its chances of retaining the parliamentary seat of the area in this year's general elections.

It hoped the EC would take a serious note of the reports and act to prevent all forms of malpractice during the revision of the voters' register.