The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Effutu constituency in the Central region has strongly denied claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) concerning illegal vote transfers.
The Central Regional Chairman of the NDC, Professor Richard Kofi Asiedu, earlier accused the Majority Leader and incumbent MP Alexander Afenyo-Markin of bringing in 71 soldiers outside the constituency to transfer their votes to his constituency.
NPP described the claims by the NDC as baseless and challenged them to provide evidence.
Speaking at a press conference, the NPP Communications Officer, Ellis Otabil, stated that only indigenous people, students, and transferred workers are transferring their votes to Effutu.
“We want to set the record straight that whoever comes to Winneba to transfer his votes is either an indigene or native of Effutu, and students alike are those who are transferring their votes to Effutu. Workers who have been transferred and are staying in Winneba are those who have transferred their votes to Effutu, and therefore, it wouldn’t lie in his mouth to send warnings to them that they cannot transfer their votes to vote democratically”.
He cautioned the NDC against voter intimidation and vowed that the NPP would uphold what is right.
“We have seen that the NDC in Central Region has a grand scheme to intimidate would-be voters who are transferring their votes to various constituencies to be part of the 2024 general election.
“We are sending a strong warning to the NDC that they cannot intimidate anyone in Effutu, they cannot resort to violence”.
The ruling party accused the NDC leadership of trying to disrupt the vote transfer process and intimidate potential voters.