"Nothing lasts forever. Darkness is followed by dawn," she says.

The enormity of the tragedy soon dawned on the Bishop.

Each morning, the queues began forming before dawn.

Before dawn, bewildered residents drove near military installations around the capital, noting that no soldiers appeared to be manning the gates and that posts seemed abandoned.

Elsewhere election day has been peacefully conducted, with some Ghanaians queuing before dawn to make sure they cast their ballots.