The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of manipulating the outcome of the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun, claiming the process lacked transparency and fairness.
According to the Ablekuma North Constituency Secretary of the party, Frederick Green, several anomalies and irregularities were recorded during the rerun in 19 polling stations—raising serious concerns about the credibility of the final results.
The NPP’s parliamentary candidate, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, lost narrowly to the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s Ewurabena Aubynn.
Speaking on Channel One TV after the elections, he said the outcome did not surprise the NPP, as they had long anticipated what he described as a coordinated effort to skew the electoral process against their candidate.
“We are not surprised that this was going to happen because we’ve been robbed,” he said. “We won, but the EC and the sitting government did everything they could to manipulate this election. Is this the kind of democracy we want to practice in Ghana?”
He added that the party had already collated results from all polling stations after the December 7, 2024, general election and was only awaiting the collation of three outstanding polling stations.
Instead, he claimed, the EC opted to rerun elections in 19 polling stations—a decision the party was neither informed of nor agreed to.
“We have the pink sheets for all 19 polling stations, and we won in about 15 of them in 2024.
“So what they wanted to do was to skew us out and manipulate the electoral process. But we believe in the rule of law, so we’re calm, and we accept it in good faith,” he stated.
The controversy has intensified political tensions in Ablekuma North, a constituency traditionally seen as an NPP stronghold.
Ewurabena Aubynn of the NDC emerged victorious in the rerun, which was conducted across 19 polling stations to resolve months of legal and electoral disputes stemming from the December 2024 general election.
At the close of polls, Aubynn secured 34,090 votes, narrowly defeating NPP’s Akua Afriyie, who garnered 33,881 votes.
The NPP had initially challenged the 2024 results, citing irregularities and unaccounted polling station data.
The case was taken to court, and the High Court ordered the EC to collate all valid votes.
However, the EC acknowledged difficulties retrieving results from the 19 disputed polling stations, leading to a prolonged stalemate. In an effort to resolve the impasse and restore electoral credibility, the Commission announced a rerun in the affected areas.
