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Ghanaian Politics

By-election in Ejisu: EC reports purported bribery incident to Police

By : cd on 01 May 2024, 05:00     |     Source: christian ahorgah

Electoral Commission

The viral video showing an unidentified person setting a white envelope on a table in front of Electoral Commission (EC) representatives during the Ejisu by-election has reached the end of the EC’s investigation.

The contents of the envelope were meant to be eaten for lunch by the officials, per the findings.

The electoral management body said in a statement on Tuesday that “the man in the video, walked to their table and enquired whether they had eaten.”

“He then placed the envelope on the table and asked them to use the contents of the envelope for their lunch, following which he walked away.”

The two temporary election officers’ services had been withdrawn with immediate effect, according to the EC, which also announced that it had had initial talks with the Ghana Police Service to initiate criminal investigations into the matter.