The Police have arrested an Electoral Commission (EC) official at Kintampo South Constituency in the Bono East Region, for electoral offences during the ongoing general elections.

According to the Police, the suspect, Dery Joseph, is under investigation for issuing about 15 ballot papers to voters that omitted the first presidential candidate at the Ampesika- Bayere polling station.   ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐„๐‚ ๐Ž๐…๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐€๐‘๐‘๐„๐’๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐“ ๐Š๐ˆ๐๐“๐€๐Œ๐๐Ž ๐’๐Ž๐”๐“๐‡ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐’๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐„๐๐‚๐˜ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐Ž๐๐Ž ๐„๐€๐’๐“ ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐„๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘๐€๐‹ ๐Ž๐…๐…๐„๐๐‚๐„๐’ pic.twitter.com/TpybWYJEUw - Ghana Police Service (@GhPoliceService) December 7, 2024 Voting commenced at 7 AM across the country.

The polls are expected to end at 5 PM.

On Friday, December 6, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo urged Ghanaians to vote in peace and in dignity.