Arrest Bawumia - NDC

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January 6, 2016 12:32 PM

Addressing a press conference, Asiedu Nketia accused Dr. Bawumia of concocting a document he claimed to be the Togo voters register.

General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has urged the Police to immediately arrest the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamadu Bawumiah for deceiving Ghanaians.

"The reason why we are calling for the arrest of Dr. Bawumia is that if you fabricate public documents; you falsify public documents with the intention of deceiving people, our laws should have a way of dealing with you," he added.

The NPP has since last year been drumming home the need for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 General elections.

According to the party, its scrutiny of the register established over 76,000 Togolese on the Ghana electoral roll.

The party later petitioned the EC over their findings.

But, the EC, in a response said “In examining the identity and status of the 76,000 Togolese alleged to be on Ghana’s Register, the EC found that they were all duly registered during the mass registration period in 2012. Most of the voters were registered in districts in the Volta and Northern Regions.These districts include Keta, Ketu South, Ketu North, Akatsi South, Akatsi North, Adaklu, Agotime Ziope, Ho Municipality, Kpando Municipality and Tatale/Sanguli. Our conclusion from this examination is that the voters are duly qualified under the laws of Ghana to be on Ghana’s Register”.“The NPP did not provide any proof of the citizenship status of these persons and did not show any proof that they were not entitled to be registered in Ghana. Registration on the register of another country, under the current laws of Ghana, does not take away one’s eligibility to be on the Ghanaian Register.”“The Commission was also unable to confirm the authenticity of the Togolese Register used by the NPP in their analysis as the Electoral Commission of Togo declined to provide the EC with a copy of its register or confirm the authenticity of the soft copy of the register used by the NPP. It is important to observe that in the petition of the NPP dated August 18, 2015, the party claimed to have based its analysis on copies of the register displayed in Togo prior to their elections. However, upon request from the EC for the register used in the analysis, the NPP presented a soft copy of the Togo Register which the Togolese Electoral Commission says it had not given out to any third parties,” the EC added.

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