Police chase impersonator at Bimbilla

Police officers this morning chased off an unidentified adult who attempted to vote a second time at the Bimbilla L/A Primary School Polling Station, after voting elsewhere earlier on in the on-going Bimbilla bye-elections.

Mr Abdallah Kufuor, Presiding officer at the station, told the Ghana News Agency that at about 07.30 hours, the man joined the queue to vote, but was identified by other voters as having voted elsewhere because of the indelible ink on his thumb nail.

He said the attention of the Police was drawn but before they could effect his arrest he took to his heels. The Police chased him but could not arrest him. Meanwhile, 68 voters out of the 643 registered voters at that polling station, including the Vonaa-Abakpara, Regent of Bimbilla had cast their votes by 08.00 hours.

At the Nunumba Traditional Council and the Magistrate Court A and B polling stations, long queues were formed very early in the morning by voters and voting was running smoothly. There is calm in Bimbilla Township, which has 23 polling stations.