By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The voting materials for the disputed Ablekuma North constituency election results, especially the parliamentary election for the just-ended December 7 elections, were destroyed by fire in the early hours of Tuesday, December 17, 2024.
The voting materials including ballot boxes and ballot papers kept at a storage facility at the Kwashieman Cluster of Schools in Accra, have been destroyed by a fire outbreak which sources is yet to be identified.
The blaze reportedly began in the school’s library which had been temporarily converted into a storage area for ballot boxes from the Ablekuma North constituency in the December 7 general elections.
Some eyewitnesses living near the school reported seeing thick smoke and flames engulfing the building shortly after the fire started.
According to them, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) was promptly notified.
Meanwhile, GNFS’s Public Relations Officer, Alex King Nartey, confirmed the incident in a live stream on Facebook.
According to him, fire officers arrived quickly and were able to bring the blaze under control.
“Information we have gathered indicates that the school was used to store ballot boxes, and so that is why we are still here and the flames have been subdued. We salvaged all the buildings and were left with just one that we worked so hard to ensure that the fire did not reignite.
Officers from Anyaa, Headquarters, and from Circle came to ensure that the situation was brought under control,” He said.
