Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission ( EC) in charge of operations, Samuel Tettey has debunked claims by the Minority leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson that seven biometric devices have gone missing.
According to him, only five laptops are missing and not BVD’s
The response comes after the Minority in Parliament on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, raised alarm over 7 missing biometric verification devices of the EC and demanded a detailed report of police investigations arguing the development could compromise this year’s elections.
But Deputy chairperson in charge of operations of the election management body Samuel Tettey at a ‘Let the Citizen Know’ series said the allegations are blatant falsehoods and should be treated with contempt.
"To set the records straight, the commission recently undertook routine servicing of its biometric voter registration kits. It was during this maintenance that we discovered the theft of five laptops from the biometric voter registration kits not seven BVD as erroneously stated,"Mr. Tettey indicated.
He added that "For clarification, biometric voter registration kits which comprise a laptop, camera, scanner, and printer are entirely separated from the Commission’s registration data systems and are incapable of manipulating elections outcomes as suggested. These kits though crucial for voter registration, requires specific activation to function accordingly".