The New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, has filed a authorized utility looking for to dam the Electoral Fee’s (EC) determination to rerun parliamentary elections in 19 polling stations inside the constituency.
It will likely be recalled that, in a press release dated 2 July, the Electoral Fee introduced its intention to conduct a rerun of the disputed polling stations on Friday, 11 July 2025. The transfer is a part of efforts to resolve the extended electoral deadlock within the constituency—greater than seven months after the 2024 basic election.
Nevertheless, the NPP has since rejected the choice, describing it as a violation of electoral procedures.
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In a swimsuit filed on the Accra Excessive Court docket on Monday, 7 July 2025, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, by way of her lawyer Gary Nimako, questioned the legality and rationale behind the rerun. The swimsuit argues that the EC’s determination is “arbitrary and unreasonable” and constitutes a violation of her rights.
The authorized motion cites a Excessive Court docket order dated 4 January 2025, which directed the EC to finish the collation course of. In response to the order, solely three polling stations remained to be collated to conclude the outcomes of the parliamentary election.
Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie is due to this fact looking for the next reliefs from the court docket:
NPP heads to court docket to dam EC’s Ablekuma North rerun in 19 polling stations
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A declaration that the choice of the Respondent to re-run the Parliamentary Election within the 19 out of 281 Polling Stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency on eleventh July, 2025 violates the categorical and pending Orders of the Excessive Court docket dated 4th January, 2025 which stated Orders directed the Respondent to collate and declare the winner of the Parliamentary Election in Ablekuma North Constituency.
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A declaration that the choice of the Respondent to re-run Parliamentary Election in 19 out of 281 Polling Stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency, is bigoted, capricious, unreasonable, and wrongful train of discretionary energy.
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An Order of Certiorari by this Honourable Court docket quashing the choice of the Respondent within the letter dated 1st July, 2025 and reiterated within the Press Launch dated 2nd July, 2025 to re-run the Parliamentary Election within the 19 out of 281 Polling Stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency on eleventh July, 2025.
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An Order of prohibition directed on the Respondent from continuing to re-run the stated Parliamentary Election within the 19 Polling Stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency on eleventh July, 2025.
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An Order of Court docket directed on the Respondent to adjust to the categorical Orders of the Excessive Court docket dated 4th January, 2025.
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An Order of injunction restraining the Respondent from re-running election in any of the 281 Polling Stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency in respect of the seventh December, 2024 Parliamentary Election.
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Another Order(s) because the Honorable Court docket could deem match.
