John Dramani Mahama, flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is alleging that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is colluding with the Electoral Commission (EC) to skew the December polls in favour of the NPP.
Speaking at a mini rally in Sekondi in the Western Region on Tuesday, he accused the EC of recruiting some 65 members from the NPP into its temporary staff for the December polls in the Gomoa East constituency of the Central Region.
Mahama said the card-bearing members of the party were presented to the EC by a Member of Parliament and some executives of the party, which he says affirms the NDC’s long-held insinuation that the EC and the government are planning to tamper with the election results.
“We all have to be vigilant and keenly observe the polls because we can vote well, but some thieves will rig it. I have seen a video from Gomoa East which contains a recording showing that one NPP MP and its executives submitted 65 party members to an EC official who added them.
“So, if such a person is the one at the polling station, do you think he will allow the polls to be fair? That is why we have always been saying that there is a collusion between the EC and the NPP to rig the elections and we have evidence from Gomoa East,” Mahama said.
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