Accra. Dec. 7, GNA – Collation of polling station results is ongoing across the country.
This follows the sorting and counting of ballots in the open at the over 40,000 polling stations.
Winners of the parliamentary race in each constituency will be announced at the constituency collation centre.
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission will declare the presidential election winner after collating the results from all 16 regions.
The winner will be sworn in as President on January 7, 2025.
The electoral process progressed smoothly nationwide, except a shooting incident in Nyankala in the Northern Region, leading to the death of one person and injury to another.
The Police have since arrested four persons in connection with the tragic incident.
Earlier, the Police arrested a polling station agent for double voting at the Wassa Akropong-Appiahkrom polling station ‘A’ in the Western Region.
The suspect, Kwofie Stephen, is currently in custody assisting Police investigation.
The Police also arrested an Electoral Commission official at Kintampo South Constituency in the Bono East Region, for electoral offences.
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.
The Electoral Commission has confirmed the incident and said it would cooperate with investigations to get to the bottom of the matter.
The Police again arrested one Michael Allotey for possessing a weapon at the St. Theresa School polling station in the Okaikwei South Constituency in Accra.
Allotey is currently in custody assisting in Police investigation.
GNA