A member of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) legal team for the Ejura Sekyeredumase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Sulamana Issifu, has called for a thorough recount of ballots across all 177 polling stations.The NPP has raised concerns over alleged ballot tampering and irregularities that they believe affected the election results.

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Addressing the media after the polls, Issifu criticized the Electoral Commission (EC) for what he described as grave errors, alleging that the integrity of the ballot papers had been compromised by altered pink sheets.“The elections in Ejura, which were supposed to be free and fair, have been marred by numerous mistakes, some of which the EC has admitted to.

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They [EC] have acknowledged that they made significant errors, and these mistakes go to the heart of the integrity of the elections,” Issifu said.Issifu, addressing the media, firmly stated the NPP's rejection of the constituency's election results. He announced that the party had officially petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC), demanding a comprehensive recount before accepting the provisional outcomes.

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He further alleged instances of ballot snatching and violence in areas identified as NPP strongholds, noting that the military had to step in to restore order in some affected locations.Issifu also claimed that the EC had acknowledged discrepancies in certain polling stations, where the National Democratic Congress (NDC) recorded zero votes while the NPP registered figures, raising questions about the credibility of the process.

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“The EC called us a few moments ago and told us that there were places where the NDC was given zero, while some figures were recorded for the NPP. These were described as transpositional errors,” he explained.He stressed that the NPP could not accept the figures recorded on the pink sheets, citing alleged tampering as the basis for their rejection.On the other hand, the NDC dismissed the demand for a recount.

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Addressing the press, Stanley Tweneboah Kodua Gyamfi, a member of the party’s legal team, argued that electoral laws allow recounts only at polling stations, not at the collation center.

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