An Accra Excessive Courtroom has dismissed an software filed by the New Patriotic Occasion’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, in search of to dam the scheduled rerun of elections in 19 polling stations.
In the suit, filed on Monday, 7 July 2025, the NPP candidate challenged the legality and rationale behind the Electoral Fee’s (EC) resolution, describing it as “arbitrary and unreasonable” and a violation of her constitutional rights.
Throughout proceedings on Wednesday, 9 July, presiding decide, Justice Ali Baba Abature, dismissed the movement for an interim injunction, ruling that the appliance lacked advantage. He held that the stability of comfort favoured the EC’s constitutional responsibility to make sure illustration for the constituents of Ablekuma North.
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In courtroom, Counsel for the applicant, Gary Nimako, argued that following a Excessive Courtroom ruling on 4 January, the EC had, on a number of events, acknowledged that solely three polling stations remained to be collated.
He contended that the choice to rerun 19 polling stations was unjustified and amounted to a direct affront to the authority of the courtroom.
He additional emphasised that every one “pink sheets” from the polling stations in query had already been signed and licensed by celebration brokers and presiding officers on the time of the unique election, rendering any rerun each pointless and illegal.
Though the EC was not current in courtroom to reply—provided that the movement was filed ex parte—Justice Abature queried whether or not the applicant had clearly demonstrated that the outcomes might legally be collated with out additional verification by presiding officers, as required underneath the provisions of C.I. 127.
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In delivering his ruling, Justice Abature reaffirmed that the EC holds the constitutional mandate to conduct elections, and any delay within the rerun might deprive the folks of Ablekuma North of their proper to illustration in parliament.
He additional famous that, as a state establishment, the EC could be ready to compensate the applicant with damages if she had been to achieve the substantive case.
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In the meantime, the Electoral Fee has scheduled the rerun for Friday, 11 July 2025, though the NPP has indicated its intention to boycott the train.
