A voter in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region has landed in the grips of the police for allegedly taking pictures of his ballot after casting his vote.

A 36 year old man whose name has been given as Daniel Avoka was arrested by a Police officer assigned to the Zebilla SHS polling station in the December 7 genera Elections.

The news was confirmed by the Zebilla District Police Commander,  Superintendent Adam Ahmed Mohammed in an interview with Citi News.

“The issue is that at about 7:30 am, one suspect by the name Avoka Daniel, aged about 36 took a picture of his ballot paper after voting. So the policeman on duty noticed the act and arrested him. He then informed the Rapid response team.”

“We then took him to the police cells. We are doing preliminary investigations at the moment. We will then carry out appropriate charges,” he added.

Director of Electoral Services at the EC, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe prior to the elections cautioned against the act.

“An individual commits an offence by telling others the party he voted for and sharing photos of ballot papers as it breaches the secrecy of the ballot. If you finish and you tell people who you voted for, that is fine but it is an offence for you to take photos of it and be showing it to people. It breaches the secrecy of the ballot. In the view of the law you can be arrested,” he said.