NPP deliberately creating confusion at Akwatia polls- Tanko-Computer
The Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko-Computer, has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of deliberately attempting to create confusion during the ongoing by-election in the Akwatia Constituency.
Speaking on JoyNews’ News Desk on Tuesday, September 1, Mr. Tanko-Computer alleged that the Majority Leader and MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, was seen tearing down posters of the NDC’s parliamentary candidate at a polling station, a move he described as “desperate” and provocative.
“The desperation of the NPP has reached a crescendo. They have said it severally that their intention is to come and cause confusion just to mar the beauty of the election today. You know they are losing the election. All indications point towards that,” he said.
According to Mr. Tanko-Computer, the NDC’s campaign posters had been displayed at the polling centre for over three weeks without issue. He questioned why they were being targeted on voting day.
“These posters were at that polling station long before today — for about three weeks now. They also have their posters in other areas; nobody has touched theirs. The fact that the place has been earmarked as a polling station doesn’t mean you should go there and remove them. I am surprised this is coming from my worthy brother,” he said.
He further expressed concern over what he described as a suspicious change of venue. According to him, a location previously used by the NDC for training and deployment of party agents was suddenly converted into a polling station on election day.
“Yesterday, a location where we did our training of party agents and deployment, today that place has been used as a polling station and we had to vacate. The EC [Electoral Commission] has its dedicated polling stations which are gazetted. So if a poster is there and has been there for a while, it’s not disturbing anything,” he stated
Challenging the rationale for removing campaign materials on voting day, he added:
“In any case, are they voting for posters today? Is it the poster that will now indicate how people should vote? What kind of mentality are we giving to Ghanaians? Just creating unnecessary tension, causing fear and panic.”
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