- Police arrested two women aged 57 and 61 after they allegedly collected voting material using a false claim that the presiding officer had sent them.
- The presiding officer was already in the queue at the station and had not sent anyone to collect the material.
Two women allegedly tried to walk out of Ngcobo Police Station with voting material after claiming the presiding officer had sent them to collect it.
But the presiding officer was already standing in the queue — and had sent nobody.
Eastern Cape police said the incident happened at about 4.30am on Monday, 2 November.
The women were identified before they could leave the station, and police confiscated the voting material.
The suspects, aged 57 and 61, were arrested on Tuesday, 3 November. Police said they were being processed.
A case of impersonating an Electoral Commission (IEC) official has been opened.
Eastern Cape provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Vuyisile Ncata condemned the incident.
“We will not tolerate any interference with the electoral process,” he said.
Police said further details would be released in due course.
