WAS THERE OVER VOTING IN THE PRIMARIES?

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Was there an an issue of over voting in the just-ran NPP Parliamentary primaries in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency in the Ashanti region?

Details of the official figures declared by the Presiding Officer very soon!!.

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