One person lynched during counting of votes at Kaase

KUMASI, Ghana --- One person was allegedly lynched and another received injuries when a group of people attempted to take away some ballot boxes during the counting of votes at the Kaase Cluster of Schools in Kumasi last Thursday.

The Reverend Osei Bonsu Nsiah, Asokwa Sub-Metropolitan Electoral Officer, told the GNA that he had information that the group attempted to take away the ballot boxes from the four polling stations in the area but the people resisted and, in the melee, one of them died and the other received injuries.

Dr. Kofi Kesse Manfo, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, when contacted, pleaded for time to investigate the issue. In another development, ballot boxes from three polling stations in the Asokwa East constituency at Akorem in Kumasi were taken from the collation centre by another group of people.

Rev. Nsiah said immediately counting began, the group, riding in a Pick-up, moved in and took away the ballot boxes, thereby delaying the release of the results for that constituency.