Dr Rashid Tanko-Computer, Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has strongly criticised the protest by New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament over the delayed Ablekuma North election results.
Speaking on the matter on Citi Eyewitness News on Wednesday June 4, Dr Tanko-Computer argued that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) should have outrightly dismissed the petition and taken legal action against the protesting MPs.
“They should be dismissed with the contempt it deserves. We are not supposed to give them any [space] of listening at all. The IGP should have arrested them,” he stated.
He further alleged that the actions of the NPP MPs bordered on criminality, particularly during the collation of results from 59 out of 62 polling stations. According to him, some presiding officers refused to authenticate scanned copies of pink sheets submitted by the NPP, citing discrepancies.
“Do you know that some of their presiding officers were running away from their scanned copies brought by the NPP because they had gone to fake figures unto the pink sheets?” he claimed.
Dr. Tanko-Computer referenced live footage showing a presiding officer rejecting a scanned copy that contained a rejected ballot figure, which he insisted was not present in the original pink sheet. Another officer reportedly denied signing the document, raising concerns about potential electoral fraud.
“That means that some level of criminality was conducted by the NPP,” he added.
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