An Accra High Court has remanded three Electoral Commission (EC) staff members and one student for the theft of laptops and Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs).

The four individuals were remanded following a hearing on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

This comes after Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson revealed on Tuesday, March 19, that the EC confirmed the disappearance of seven BVDs, which cannot be traced.

Dr. Forson urged the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service and other security agencies to provide details of their ongoing investigations, expressing concern over the potential compromise of future elections.

However, addressing the press in Accra on Wednesday, March 20, Deputy Commissioner at the EC, Dr. Bossman Asare, refuted the allegations, stating, “these allegations are not true. No BVD has been stolen. To set the records straight, the Commission recently undertook routine servicing of its Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) Kits".

He clarified that during routine maintenance of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) Kits, five laptops were discovered missing, not seven BVDs as initially reported.

Dr. Asare emphasized that Biometric Voter Registration Kits, which include a laptop, camera, scanner, and printer, are distinct from the Commission's Registration Data Systems and incapable of manipulating election outcomes, contrary to suggestions.

“It was during this maintenance that we discovered the theft of five (5) laptops from the Biometric Voter Registration kits, not seven BVDs as erroneously stated.

“For clarification, Biometric Voter Registration Kits, which comprise a laptop, camera, scanner, and printer, are entirely separate from the Commission’s Registration Data Systems and are incapable of manipulating election outcomes as suggested,” he added.