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Offinso Police
denies disruption of polls at Offinso
Offinso, (Ash), Dec. 23, Ghanadot/GNA – The
Offinso Police Command, on Tuesday denied media reports that
violent clashes between supporters of the two major
political parties brought voting to a temporal halt at the
Old District Assembly polling station in the Offinso South
constituency.
According to the Command, an alleged destruction of election
materials at the polling station during the special voting
on Tuesday was also not true.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency, Chief Superintendent
Mathew Appiagyei, Offinso Divisional Commander said the
alleged incident took place between supporters of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
outside the polling station. It did not in any way disrupt
the voting process, he stressed.
Mr Appiagyei, who did not immediately give details of the
alleged disturbances, said investigations into the matter
were ongoing.
He said a misunderstanding also at Akomadan in the Offinso
North constituency was resolved peacefully and explained
that the issue bothered on a challenge from the NPP polling
agents that the NDC had not presented its lists of polling
agents for the December 28 presidential run-off.
To this end, the NPP agents attempted to prevent the NDC
agents to be part of the special voting exercise and the
police had to intervene to settle the dispute.
Mr Appiagyei said the special voting exercise had so far
been peaceful in the two constituencies.
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