The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has alleged that Mumuni Rufai, the personal aide to Alhaji Hamza Faruk, Executive Secretary of the Hajj Board under the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was caught with over 100 thumb-printed ballot papers.
The incident reportedly occurred at the Aningazanga JSS Polling Station in the Bolgatanga Central Constituency.
In a Facebook post, Sammy Gyamfi claimed that Mumuni Rufai was in a queue waiting to vote when NDC polling agents noticed suspicious behavior. They detected that he had concealed foreign materials in the “jallabia” he was wearing.
Upon requesting police intervention, he noted a search was conducted, and over 100 ballot papers, allegedly pre-thumb-printed for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, were discovered.
He revealed that Rufai was subsequently arrested and taken to the regional police headquarters for further investigation.
The December 7, 2024 elections has been fraught with several instances of double voting and ballot paper thumb printing syndicates.
This election is like non-other as history will be made either ways. In this election, former President seeks re-election and a sitting vice-president also seeks to be elected as president.
