The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of fabricating pink sheets to influence the outcome of parliamentary results in three contested constituencies recently declared in their favour by the Electoral Commission (EC).Dr.

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Rashid Tanko-Computer, Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the NDC, made the allegations during an interview on Joy News’ AM Show with Sweety Aboache on Monday, January 6, following the EC’s announcement of results for Okaikwei Central, Tema Central, and Techiman South.

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He firmly rejected the outcome of the re-collation exercise conducted on Sunday, January 5, at the EC office in Accra, claiming the NPP had falsified documents submitted to the commission.“Do you know that these people manufactured their own pink sheets and arrived at these numbers? They brought their own pink sheets, they didn’t even have them; they just sat at their laptops, designed the pink sheets, and said these were soft copies.

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That is what they are doing,” Dr. Tanko-Computer asserted.The re-collation results showed the NPP candidate securing 18,870 votes in Tema Central against the NDC’s 18,815. In Techiman South, the NPP received 46,663 votes, while the NDC obtained 43,429 votes. For Okaikwei Central, the NPP garnered 21,099 votes, with the NDC trailing at 19,368 votes.However, Dr.

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Tanko-Computer dismissed these figures as fraudulent, stating: “These are manufactured figures from the collation centres by the opponents of the NDC. They are the ones who manufactured, brought them there, and declared them.”He reaffirmed the NDC’s commitment to due process, stating that the party’s legal team was prepared to challenge the results using legitimate channels.

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“We are respecting the legal process and will not engage in any actions that could be detrimental,” he added.Meanwhile, the fourth contested constituency, Ablekuma North, remains unresolved, with the EC suspending the re-collation exercise due to fresh disputes over results from some polling stations.

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