The Police Administration has deployed 241 police personnel to maintain law and order during the Bimbilla constituency bye-election scheduled for Thursday. The Police personnel are also to protect electoral material and ensure that voters exercised their franchise without any hindrance.

Police Superintendent Mohammed Adams, Divisional Commander of the Yendi Police, announced this at Bimbilla when he briefed newsmen about the security situation in the area. He said mobile teams would be in place to patrol the polling stations to check electoral offences while two Police personnel each would be deployed at the 103 polling stations.

Meanwhile four students (NDC) have been arrested by the police for going round the communities showing a book containing pictures of people killed during the 1994 Northern Conflict. All the contesting political parties are putting finishing touches to their campaign for the vote. Nanumba District Electoral Officer, Mr Worlanyo Mensah Tegah said about 48,000 voters were on the electoral roll of the constituency.

He said all the necessary electoral materials including ballot papers and boxes had been received adding that voting materials for communities that were far away from Bimbilla would be despatched on Wednesday to enable the electorate in those areas to start voting at the right time.