The Electoral Commission (EC) has urged the public to dismiss a viral video speculating that some of the commission’s branded bags were used to smuggle dollars by the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In a statement dated January 22, 2025, and signed by the Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, the election management body said the bags contained ballot papers and not dollar notes as alleged in the video.
It described the claims as false and, therefore, asked the general public to disregard the video.
“Unfortunately, the original audio of the said video has been muted and replaced with a voice making false claims. The individual is heard falsely stating that the EC-branded bags which contain Ballot Papers meant for destruction rather contain dollars which are being smuggled by the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“We entreat the Public to disregard the claims as they are false. To refresh the Public’s memory, the EC destroyed Ballot Papers printed for Ahafo and Volta regions due to serialization issues encountered with the said Ballot Papers. The Ballots were destroyed by Zoomlion under the supervision of the Electoral Commission, that explains the presence of staff of the Electoral Commission and Zoomlion in the said video,” the statement explained.
To enhance transparency, the media was invited to cover aspects of the destruction of the faulty ballot papers ahead of the 2024 polls.
The EC further stated that it has the original video and the certificate of destruction available to prove that the doctored video is peddling falsehood.
Read the statement below.
