Krobo Youth group called Kloma Gbi (Voice of the Krobo State) is challenging the Electoral Commission (EC) to either accept or deny responsibility for the detected changes in the polling station codes in the seven disputed Electoral Areas at Akuse. The group said it detected that the codes have all been changed from the previous Eastern Regional codes, to Greater Accra codes ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict on the boundary dispute to determine where Akuse belongs to. The court case would be decided tomorrow, March 20, 2012, but the changes were made on Saturday, March 17, 2012, a day after Adom News broadcasted that Kloma Gbi had written to the EC on March 12,2012 asking it to halt preparations for the biometric registration in the area until the court case is determined. The group noted that the polling station codes used to start with the letter ‘E’, like for all other stations in the Eastern region, but the codes for the seven disputed areas have been changed to codes starting with the letter ‘C’, which is for Accra. The group has therefore dared the EC to confirm or deny pasting the registration posters and notifications which are currently all over the Akuse Township. The group said in a letter addressed to the EC dated March 19, 2012, that the changes “give indications of the EC’s seeming support in helping to illegally cede the said areas from the Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region to the Dangme West District (Now Shai Osudoku) in the Greater Accra Region.” Commissioner Kloma Gbi, Mr. Philip Tetteh Padi was quoted as saying the group suspects that the EC made those changes because it was privy to information about the judgement yet to be given. But the group said it still wants to assume the EC is innocent and challenge it to come out and either accept or deny responsibility for the rather swift change in the polling station codes and the widespread circulation and pasting of educational posters/literature on the exercise in and around Akuse. “Because of the effect of these developments on the credibility of your outfit which is fast waning before the Krobo communities and right-thinking Ghanaians and observers, we challenging you to come out and set the records straight.” The group said. Below is a table of the seven disputed areas with the original and changed codes Salon: RC Primary Sch, Akuse: from E022301 to C172501 RC JHS, Akuse, from E022302 to C172502 Zongo: Masalachi (Zongo) Center, Akuse; from E022301 to C172301 Methodist JHS (New Zongo): from E022302 to C172302 Akutue: L.A JHS - from E022401 to C172201 Day Care Center: from E022402 to C172202 Osorkutu: Old Market Center from E022501 to C172401 Amedeka: LA Primary: from E022601 to C172601 Presby Church: from E022602 C172602 Bungalow: KC Cinema Hall, Akuse - from E022701 to C172701 VRA Prep. School - from E022702 to C172702 Junior Village - from E022703 to C172703