According to him, the occasion has a strong perception that the parliamentary election benefits were rigged in favor of the NPP candidate – Alexander Afenyo Markin throughout the voter registration course of action, as a final result of the reality that the Effutu constituency voters register is massively bloated with voters imported from the neighboring constituencies.
He said he was puzzled how the sign-up ballooned to around 62,000 registered voters from lows of more than 51,000 and 46,000 in 2012 and 2016 respectively.
He mentioned that the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) was closed since of the COVID-19 pandemic through the registration time period, the variety of registered voters on the Effutu register need to have decreased.
Annan reported above 17,000 people today have been bused-in from neighbouring constituencies into the Effutu Constituency, from Gomoa West, Gomoa Central, Gomoa East, Ekumfi, Agona West, Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, Agona East, Awutu Senya West, and Awutu Senya East.
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“There is now evidence that our unsuccessful tries at stopping those voter importations, and attainable inappropriate registrations, have resulted in the more than-bloating of the Effutu sign up,” he explained.
“It is believed that the UEW neighborhood contributed around 10,000 to the Effutu voters sign up in 2016. The 2020 voter registration was accomplished all through the COVID 19 interval when the College of Instruction was fully closed down, and learners had left for their homes.
“The Effutu constituency register, therefore, did not have the profit of the above 10,000 pupils votes. It is consequently believed that without having the college population, the constituency register really should have enhanced by 4,000 younger voters, decreased by at least 500 fatalities, and even more minimized by over 10,000 scholar voters.
“In impact, the Effutu constituency voters register for the 2020 parliamentary and presidential elections should have stood at up to 45,000 with no extra,” Annan instructed Each day Graphic.
