The Kumasi Magistrate Court in the Ashanti Region has annulled over 1,000 illegitimate voter transfers to the Manhyia South Constituency.
Presiding over the case, Her Worship Deborah Gyaawa Donkor delivered the verdict on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, instructing the Electoral Commission (EC) to return the affected voters to their original constituencies.
The fraudulent transfers, allegedly orchestrated by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), were contested by Lawyer Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Manhyia South.
Mr. Awuah, who had recently secured the NPP parliamentary nomination, discovered the suspicious transfers and swiftly organized polling station executives and local community members to formally object.
The objections were submitted using Objection Forms under Regulation 23 of CI 91, emphasizing that the transferred voters did not reside within the constituency.
This court ruling is seen as a significant setback to the NDC’s purported attempts to enhance their electoral prospects in Manhyia South ahead of the 2024 elections.