Four cases of impersonation reported at Wamfie

There have been four reported cases of voters using the identification numbers of others to vote in Thursday's elections at Wamfie in the Dormaa East constituency (Brong Ahafo Region) .

One of the incidents was reported at the Presbyterian Primary 'B' polling station and the other three cases at the Roman Catholic JSS.

Nana Addai Nkrumah, Presiding Officer at the Presby Primary 'B' polling station, who briefed newsmen, said that one Kwaku Yeboah with photo ID card No. 01955547 was not allowed to vote when it was realised that someone had used his name to vote.

He said that 344 voters out of the total number of 533 registered voters had cast their votes as at 12.30 p.m.

Nana Nkrumah said the presence of local observers was one important thing in the elections, describing it as "unprecedented in the political history of Ghana".

Mr. Jacob Yeboah, Presiding Officer at the RC JSS polling station, named the victims as Kyeremaah Margaret, ID card No. 01213382; Abenaa Yeboaah, ID card No. 01968551; and Kwadwo Kumi, ID card No. 01968630.

He said 428 voters out of the total of 799 registered voters had cast their votes as at 1 p.m.

Mr. M.K. Amoako at the Local Council Hall polling station also said there had been long queues of voters since morning and described the turnout as very high.

He said 400 voters out of the total number of 978 registered voters had cast their vote as at 1.05 p.m.

Representatives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Convention People's Party (CPP) and their agents could be seen anxiously waiting to know the outcome of the elections.

The National Reform Party (NRP) was not represented at the polling stations where the atmosphere was calm and orderly.