Rerun of Ablekuma North polls lacks concensus

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has registered its displeasure with the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to conduct a rerun of the parliamentary election in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency.

The Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, Haruna Mohammed, in an interview following the EC’s July 2 press release that the EC’s decision lacked consensus.

“Our representatives were at the meeting, and I have to put it on record that there was no such agreement with the EC,” he said.

While the Electroal commision has explained the decision to rerun the election in 19 out of 37 disputed polling stations is based on lack of verification by Presiding Officers on scanned Pink Sheets used during collation, the New Patriotic Party holds that verified results from three polling stations are enough for collation and declaration of a winner.

The Electoral Comission has also explained that the said physical pink sheets were reportedly destroyed when party supporters stormed the collation centre.

The general secretary also said the the NPP was going to fight the decision of the Electoral Commision and stressed the EC must collate the results from three outstanding polling stations.

“We don’t know what the EC is up to. The NPP is not going to give up on this particular fight,”

“We don’t know of any elections. The EC must conclude the collation on the three polling stations—this is still outstanding, and that is clear for us,” Mohammed said.

The NPP also said that rather than rerunning the vote in polling stations where results had already been accepted by party agents security should be provided to protect the collation process.

The party has sechduled press conference at 10 a.m. on Thursday, where the General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong will address the nation on the matter and outline the NPP’s official position.

Meanwhile, the EC has assured the public of a transparent and peaceful process, with the Ghana Police Service on hand to ensure security on Friday, July 11, 2025.

By: Janice Opoku-Agyemang