The Electoral Commission (EC) has rubbished viral reports that the commission has rebranded bags containing dollars and smuggled it out of the country.
According to the EC, the supposed bags contained faulty ballot papers initially printed for the 2024 elections in the Ahafo and Volta regions, which were later destroyed.
The commission thus called on the public to disregard the claims, and emphasized that the faulty ballot papers were destroyed by Zoomlion under the Commission’s supervision.
This clarification was made in a statement signed by the Deputy Chairman of the EC in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey.
“Unfortunately, the original audio of the video has been muted and replaced with a voice making false claims. The individual falsely alleges that the EC-branded bags, which actually contained ballot papers meant for destruction, were filled with dollars being smuggled by the NPP.
“The presence of Electoral Commission staff and Zoomlion personnel in the video is explained by the supervised destruction of the ballot papers. The original video and certificates of destruction are available as proof that the allegations are baseless and misleading,” the statement explained.
The EC reaffirmed its commitment to transparency and called on the public to rely on verified information to avoid falling prey to falsehoods.
