Electoral Commission (EC) officials in the Ashanti Region have initiated steps to remove around 580 names from the Manhyia South voter register, following a court order.

The action was prompted after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the constituency flagged irregularities during the voter transfer exercise and sought legal clarification.

On Tuesday, the Kumasi Magistrate Court, presided over by Her Worship Deborah Gyaawa Donkor, directed the EC to return the affected voters to their original constituencies.

Speaking with Citi News, NPP Manhyia South Constituency Secretary, Alhaji Haruna Alhassan, emphasised that the party would ensure the ruling is fully implemented.

He also urged other NPP stronghold constituencies to check for similar anomalies and seek legal redress where necessary.

“It was during the transfer that we, the NPP in the Manhyia South constituency, became conscious about certain things relative to the transfer of votes to the constituency.

“We became conscious because the transfers to the constituency were not normal to us, but per the LI, there is nothing we could have done…During the exhibition, we followed up and found out that about five or six polling stations out of the 107 polling stations we have in Manhyia South have had some abnormal transfers.”

“For example, we had about 150 transfers to St. Loius Training College of Education…So we sent the matter to court, and we appeared before the court five times.

So eventually yesterday the court ordered that 580 people who were transferred to Manhyia South during the transfer period should be sent back to where their votes were originally. We are going to follow up on that and make sure that the right thing is done,” he stated.