HEWARD-MILLS J.
During the 1996 parliamentary elections, results from the 108 stations of the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam Constituency were being received by the returning officer, Q, at the constituency center based in Ajumako. Assembled there were representatives from each party. The retuning officer called out the figures for each party as received on each declaration sheet and the figures were added up by the representatives either manually or by the use of calculators.
This exercise started at about 6 pm. Sometime thereafter, at about 4.30 am, Q started feeling dizzy. He handed over the task of calling out the figures to his assistant, G. Before the end of the exercise the representative of the petitioner, the second witness for the petitioner, queried the figures. He reckoned that votes of the special voting conducted earlier on had not been included in the votes being counted. He left the center ostensibly to contact the petitioner and other representatives. Before his return, the exerc…