{"id":216130,"date":"2024-09-10T05:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T05:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/10\/ec-annuls-npp-walewale-parliamentary-primary-results-due-to-ballot-destruction\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T05:21:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T05:21:50","slug":"ec-annuls-npp-walewale-parliamentary-primary-results-due-to-ballot-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/10\/ec-annuls-npp-walewale-parliamentary-primary-results-due-to-ballot-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"EC annuls NPP Walewale parliamentary primary results due to ballot destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that the results of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Walewale parliamentary primary rerun has been declared null and void.<\/p>\n<p>This decision comes after an unknown individual disrupted the sorting process and destroyed most of the ballot papers.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Manu, the Electoral Commissioner for Walewale, informed journalists on Monday that the party would need to decide the next steps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started, and everything went very well. We finished voting, and after the voting, we did the sorting. Just when we were about to finish the sorting and do the counting, a certain man from nowhere came in, took the ballot papers, and destroyed most of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police managed to arrest the person. He is right now in police custody, and we salvaged some of the ballot papers that had been damaged,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026We called the two sides\u2026 After the sorting, we realized that some of the ballot papers are badly damaged in such a way that you cannot determine if they are for candidate A or B\u2026 We have to stop there for the party to take the decision\u2026 We couldn\u2019t determine the winner today,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service has successfully restored order in Walewale after a disruption occurred during the vote-counting process in the re-run of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Primary for the Walewale Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The incident led to the arrest of Kamara Bawah, who was apprehended for causing damage to several ballot papers. The suspect is currently in police custody, assisting with the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the disturbance, security measures have been heightened in Walewale and surrounding areas to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"entry-content no-share\">\n<div class=\"content-inner \">\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Citi Newsroom<\/span>\u00a0channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that the results of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Walewale parliamentary primary rerun has been declared null and void. This decision comes after an unknown individual disrupted the sorting process and destroyed most of the ballot papers. Gabriel Manu, the Electoral Commissioner for Walewale, informed journalists on Monday that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EC annuls NPP Walewale parliamentary primary results due to ballot destruction - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/10\/ec-annuls-npp-walewale-parliamentary-primary-results-due-to-ballot-destruction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EC annuls NPP Walewale parliamentary primary results due to ballot destruction - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that the results of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Walewale parliamentary primary rerun has been declared null and void. 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