The Police have arrested a polling station agent for double voting at the Wassa Akropong-Appiahkrom polling station A in the Western Region in the ongoing general elections.

The suspect, Kwofie Stephen, is currently in custody assisting the Police investigation, a statement issued by the Police said. ๐๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐“๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐†๐„๐๐“ ๐€๐‘๐‘๐„๐’๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐”๐๐‹๐„ ๐•๐Ž๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐“ ๐–๐€๐’๐’๐€ ๐€๐Š๐‘๐Ž๐๐Ž๐๐†-๐€๐๐๐ˆ๐€๐‡๐Š๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐“๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐€ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐–๐„๐’๐“๐„๐‘๐ ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐Ž๐ pic.twitter.com/mZRvkhJrPw - Ghana Police Service (@GhPoliceService) December 7, 2024 Earlier, the Police also announced the arrest of 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.