One person has been arrested at Whindo in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Region after some residents early Monday morning blocked the road leading to the community in an attempt to stop electoral officers from moving to their polling centres.
Dotsey Koblah Aklorbortu reports that the residents set some tyres ablaze to express their displeasure with the bad nature of their roads.
The action by the residents caused some vehicular traffic, thus delaying the electoral officers from reaching their polling centres in time.
The police, however, cleared the roads and helped move the electoral materials to the community.
The electoral commission has also said over 33,000 polling stations have been dedicated for the presidential and parliamentary polls.
An observer, Emmanuel Afful who described the incident from the constituency said that the residents in July this year warned that they will not allow voting to go on in the constituency if their roads are not fixed before the election day.
He revealed that the well-timed arrival of personnel of the military and Police managed to disperse the crowd allowing the EC officials to move into the constituency.
He adds that the residents began to run for their lives after they saw the heavily armed military and police personnel.
They also assured community members and those willing to vote of their presence in the community to maintain peace and protect life and property.
