Deputy Chairman of Operations of the Electoral Commission (EC), Samuel Tettey has denied allegations that the Commission secretly registered voters using stolen biometric kits.
The claims, made by Election Watch Ghana, suggested that the EC had illegally registered individuals in certain areas. However, Mr. Tettey dismissed these allegations as “baseless” and “without merit” during a press conference at the EC headquarters.
He clarified that the Commission had reported five missing laptops to security agencies, not biometric voter registration kits. “Describing the missing laptops as BVRs is a deliberate attempt to deceive the public and sustain false allegations,” he emphasized.
Mr. Tettey explained that a biometric registration kit consists of multiple components, including a laptop, fingerprint scanner, digital camera, printer, and portable carrying case, which must be activated together to register voters. “The five missing laptops alone cannot be used to register voters,” he stressed.
He highlighted the transparency of the limited voter registration process, which allows political party agents, accredited observer groups, and media personnel to monitor registration centers. Political party agents also receive daily start and end reports to cross-check against their records, further disproving allegations of secret registrations. “Party agents verify the total registered voters published by the EC against their own records, ensuring accuracy and transparency,” he concluded.
