The Electoral Commission (EC) has addressed a misleading video circulating on social media, which falsely claims that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) smuggled money in EC-branded bags.

According to the EC, the video actually depicted the destruction of ballot papers for the Ahafo and Volta regions, as previously announced by the Commission.

The commission said the destruction was carried out by Zoomlion on behalf of the EC in preparation for the 2024 General Election.

In a statement signed by Deputy Chairman, Operations, Samuel Tettey, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the EC strongly rejected the false claims, urging the public to disregard the misleading information.

"Unfortunately, the original audio of the said video has been muted and replaced with a voice making false claims. The individual is heard falsely stating that the EC-branded bags which contain Ballot Papers meant for destruction rather contain dollars which are being smuggled by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the statement read.

It continued: "We entreat the Public to disregard the claims as they are false. To refresh the Public's memory, the EC destroyed Ballot Papers printed for Ahafo and Volta regions due to serialization issues encountered with the said Ballot Papers. The Ballots were destroyed by Zoomlion under the supervision of the Electoral Commission, that explains the presence of staff of the Electoral Commission and Zoomlion in the said video."

"In the spirit of transparency that characterizes the Commission's operations, the media were invited to cover the destruction. Certificates of destruction as well as the original video are available and serve to buttress the fact that the voice superimposed over the original video is peddling falsehood," it further read.