The desire of some personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in the Western Region to exercise their franchise in last Thursday’s special voting, turned tragic when their vehicle got involved in an accident.
DAILY GUIDE gathered that the personnel, numbering about 18, were traveling from Elubo to Half-Assini in the Jomoro District of the region, when the accident occurred.
According to sources, the immigration officers traveled early in the morning from Half-Assini to Elubo with intent to cast their ballots.
Unfortunately, when they got to the polling centre, their names could not be found in the register and so they decided to travel back to Half-Assini.
On their way back, the Toyota mini bus on which they were traveling allegedly skidded off the road, somersaulted and landed on its side in a nearby ditch.
The 18 persons reportedly sustained various degrees of injury in the process and were initially rushed to the Eikwe Government Hospital in Ellembelle.
They were later transferred to the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi for further treatment.
Meanwhile, voting ended successfully at Enchi in the Aowin Constituency. At the end of the poll, 138 people out of the expected 215 cast their votes.
At Amenfi East, all personnel of the Ghana Fire Service and two police officers could not find their names in the register to enable them to vote.
Out of 181persons expected to vote, 120 went through the exercise.
In the Suaman Constituency, 33 out of 77 voters who registered to take part in the exercise, voted while in the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Constituency, 113 out of a total of 156 cast their votes.
In a related development, two persons lost their lives yesterday in a gory motor cycle accident at Prestea in the Western Region.
The deceased included one Daniel Cudjoe, 32, who was supposed to have wedded a lady today.
The other deceased person was Cudjoe’s younger brother, Edmund Mensah, 27.
The Prestea Hunni-Valley police Commander, Supt Timothy Dassah, indicated that the accident occurred near the GCB Bank at about 12:30 am yesterday.
He narrated that Edmond Mensah was riding a motorbike with his friend Agya Kwaw, 24, sitting at the rear.
According to him, upon reaching a spot near the bank, Edmond crashed into another motorbike which was being ridden by his elder brother, Cudjoe, resulting in their death.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Esiama
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