The Electoral Commission (EC) has outrightly rejected accusations of clandestine voter registration using stolen Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) Kits.
These claims were put forth by a group known as Election Watch Ghana, alleging the EC’s covert registration of voters using pilfered BVR kits.
The Deputy Commissioner overseeing Operations at the EC, Samuel Tetteh, addressed these allegations during a press conference in Accra on Tuesday.
“The attention of the commission has been drawn to a press conference organised by a group called Election Watch Ghana during which one Mark Ewusi alleged that the EC was using stolen BVR kits to register people secretly. The commission urges the public to ignore these baseless and unfounded allegations as they are without merit,” he stated.
He vehemently denied the assertions and urged the public to disregard them.
“…The commission has never reported that BVR kits have been stolen. The Commission reported to the security agencies that five laptops were missing. The commission informed all stakeholders about the missing laptops.
“Describing the missing laptops as BVRs is a deliberate attempt by certain groups to deceive the public in order to sustain their unfounded allegations…the five missing laptops on their own cannot be used to register voters,” he stated.