The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has refuted claims made by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the incumbent MP and majority leader, brought in 71 troops from outside the Effutu constituency in the Central Region constituency to transfer votes.

This follows the NDC’s accusations that the NPP was busing individuals from outside Effutu in order to sabotage the voting process and cause mayhem.

The NDC has been pushed to produce proof by the NPP, which has characterized the charges as unfounded.

Rather, the NDC leadership was charged by the NPP with masterminding a plot to sabotage the vote transfer procedure and scare away prospective voters.

NPP Communications Officer Ellis Otabil claimed during a press conference that the only groups casting ballots for Effutu are indigenous people, students, and displaced workers.

“We want to set the record straight that whoever comes to Winneba to transfer his votes is either an indigene or native of Effutu and students alike are those who are transferring their votes to Effutu. Workers who have been transferred and are staying in Winneba are those who have transferred their votes to Effutu and therefore it wouldn’t lie in his mouth to send warnings to them that they cannot transfer their votes to vote democratically.“

He stressed that the NPP will defend what is right and cautioned the NDC against harassing voters.

“We have seen that the NDC in Central Region has a grand scheme to intimidate would-be voters who are transferring their votes to various constituencies to be part of the 2024 general election.

“We are sending a strong warning to the NDC that they cannot intimidate anyone in Effutu, they cannot resort to violence.”