The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, has strongly objected to the Electoral Commission’s decision to orgaorganiseerun of the parliamentary election in the Ablekuma North constituency.
He insists that the party’s candidate, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, rightfully won the December 7, 2024, general election, and that a rerun is neither necessary nor legally justified.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra, Mr. Kodua stated unequivocally that the party will not participate in the upcoming rerun, describing it as contrary to a High Court ruling on the matter.
He emphasised that the court’s directive was for the Electoral Commission (EC) to collate and declare the results, not to conduct a fresh election.
“The court didn’t order a rerun; it told the EC to collate and declare the Ablekuma North results. So we are telling the Electoral Commission to go by the court directive,” he asserted.
According to the NPP General Secretary, the High Court ruling delivered on January 4, 2025, specifically ordered the Electoral Commission to complete the collation of the parliamentary results for the constituency and announce the winner.
He further referenced correspondence between the NPP and the EC, revealing that the Commission, in a letter dated June 3, 2025, confirmed that only three polling station results remained to be collated.
“Even as far back as June 3, the EC itself responded to a letter I wrote, confirming that only three polling stations remained to be collated,” Mr. Kodua said, expressing his dismay over the sudden change of stance by the Electoral Commission. “It is therefore shocking and unacceptable that the EC has now turned around to claim that 19 polling stations require a rerun,” he stressed.
He also recalled that the Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Bossman Asare, had testified under oath in Parliament, confirming that only three polling station results were outstanding. This, Mr. Kodua argued, further invalidates the EC’s recent justification for a rerun.
To back the party’s claims, the NPP presented what Mr. Kodua described as “further and better particulars,” including 281 scanned pink sheets from all polling stations in the Ablekuma North constituency. These pink sheets, he noted, were duly signed by presiding officers and party agents, including representatives from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
According to the figures presented by the NPP, their candidate, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, won the contest with 34,613 votes, while the NDC’s candidate, Erwabena Obeng, secured 34,199 votes, a margin of 414 votes in favour of the NPP.
“It is important for the media and the entire country to know that these pink sheets were duly signed by presiding officers and party agents, including those from the NDC,” he emphasised.
Mr. Kodua further displayed copies of the scanned pink sheets from specific polling stations, the EC now claims, fall under the 19 polling stations requiring a rerun. These included Christ Ebenezer Preparatory School and Pentecost Church polling stations, where he insisted the NPP won convincingly.
He called on the Electoral Commission to uphold the integrity of the electoral process by adhering strictly to the court’s directive, warning that any attempt to conduct an unjustified rerun would be a violation of the rule of law.
