At Ablekuma Central Constituency, there was relative calm at polling centres with some having long queues, while others had no queues at all. Some Presiding officers and voters who spoke to the GNA said the process was faster because of the absence of the parliamentary voting. Ms Akua Oppong, a voter who spoke to the GNA, said her co-tenants decided to vote after church service and she thought it was same with many voters.
Long queues were beginning to form at some centres around 1130 hours with voters returning from church services joining them to cast their votes. Mr. Akwetey Amannoh, Presiding Officer at the New Abossey Okai Polling Centres A and B, said voting started at exactly 0700 hours and the pace was faster and smoother than the December 7 election. About 160 voters had cast their votes at both centres. At the Mataheho 2 Boys' School, voting started 0748 hours. The Presiding Officer Raphael Appiah said all was well but they were still waiting for the more voters to turn up.
Mohammed Muktar, Presiding Officer of the People's Shop Polling Centre, said voting started at 0700 hours prompt but he declined to give the exact number of voters who had voted when GNA got there at 1015 hours. At 1020 hours when GNA got to the Old Most Holy Heart School there was no queue and voters trickled in.
The Presiding Officer Nelson Adzokatse told the GNA that there were no security personnel at the centre but voters were cooperating for the smooth running of affairs. Long queues had formed at the Gaskia Cinema Centre and 250 voters had cast their votes at 1035. Daniel Ansah, Presiding Officer, said everyone would be allowed to vote.
Long queues were formed as early as at 0430 hours on Sunday at Anaji, a suburb of Takoradi and other places in anticipation of the start of presidential run-off at 0700 hours. At the STMA Primary Centre, the elderly, youth and the sick were seen in queues.
Speaking with the Ghana news Agency (GNA), Madam Mina Baiden said together with others, she arrived at the polling station to find a large number of people anxiously waiting for voting to begin. She said even though the election officials arrived early, the lack of adequate lighting in the area made it impossible for the officials to set up on time. Mr Richard Allen, the Presiding Officer at the Well Road Polling Station attributed the low turn-out to ongoing Church services within the area.
At the Collins Avenue Polling Station, one Ibrahim Yaaji, aged 40, with voter identification number 24591844 (EJ) was challenged by Mohammed Abubakari, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) agent on the grounds that Yaaji was a Nigerian. Confusion broke out when an unidentified man slapped Yaaji and bolted from the scene but the timely arrival of the military prevented any further mishap.
Speaking to the press, Mr Steve Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional Director of the Election said a complaint form should be filled in case a person's nationality or eligibility was questioned for the police to handle the matter later. At the Cocoa Training School at Essikadu, 354 out of 1,741 had voted as at 0955 hours. Also at Gye-Nyame "A" Polling Station with a voter population of 666, 156 had voted while at the Gye-Nyame "B" 168 people had voted at the centre at about 1000 hours. At Daboase, the DC Primary, Anglican Primary, KKBK and Temporary Structure Polling Stations, voting started at exactly 0700 hours with long queues.
