The Ghana Police Service has arrested Kwofie Stephen, a polling station agent, for allegedly engaging in double voting at the Wassa Akropong-Appiahkrom polling station A in the Western Region during the ongoing general elections.

The suspect is currently in police custody assisting with investigations into the incident.

In a separate development, several individuals allegedly affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been arrested at the Royal N Hotel in Pokuase Amanfrom. The suspects are accused of thumbprinting multiple ballot papers in favor of the NPP’s presidential and parliamentary candidates for the Amasaman and Trobu constituencies.

Reports indicate that authorities retrieved a laptop, cash, a Biometric Verification Device (BVD) machine, a printer, and additional laptops during the operation.