Court directs EC to complete collation of results for 4 disputed constituencies

An Accra High Court has directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to finalise the collation of results for four disputed constituencies—Tema Central, Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, and Techiman South—by 6th January 2025, adding a fresh twist to the post-election legal battle.

The directive was issued after the court presided over by Justice Forson Agyapong on Saturday January 4, granted a mandamus application filed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidates in these constituencies.

In his ruling, Justice Agyapong annulled the previously declared results for Tema Central, which favoured the NDC’s Ebi Bright. He cited the need to include results from two outstanding polling stations before making a final declaration.

For Okaikwei Central, the court determined that the EC failed to complete collation from all 141 polling stations, noting that only 110 results were used to declare the NDC’s Baba Sadiq as MP-elect.

Similarly, in Ablekuma North, the earlier declaration in favour of the NDC’s candidate was deemed incomplete, as it was based on results from 219 out of 281 polling stations. The judge ordered the collation of the 62 outstanding polling stations.

In Techiman South, the court found that the previous result was declared using only 135 out of 282 polling stations, rendering it incomplete, with 147 polling stations yet to be collated.

The High Court further directed the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, to deploy adequate armed security to ensure the peaceful completion of the collation process in all four constituencies.

The ruling sparked jubilant celebrations among NPP supporters present in court. However, the lawyer for the NDC’s parliamentary candidate in Tema Central, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, vowed to resist the inclusion of results from the two outstanding polling stations in the constituency.

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