The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has rejected the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to conduct a rerun of the Ablekuma North parliamentary election in 19 polling stations, insisting the directive contradicts a High Court ruling issued earlier this year.
The party insisted on July 8 that its candidate, Nana Akua Afriyie, rightfully won the 2024 elections.
General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Frimpong Kodua, at a press conference, stated that the Electoral Commission's plan for a rerun at 19 polling centres on July 11 was unjust.
“For us in the New Party Patriotic (NPP), we are resolute and we know that our candidate, Nana Akua Afriyie, won the elections with a margin of 414 votes. This is based on facts and figures. Yesterday, when the National Executive Committee met, we said that under no circumstances will we be intimidated.
“Under no circumstances will we go for a rerun. We will not go for any rerun. The New Patriotic Party will not go for any rerun. We have won the elections. What we are asking the Electoral Commission to do is to follow the court’s directive to finish the collation and declare our candidate, Akua Afriyie, as the MP for Ablekuma North,” the NPP General Secretary declared.
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Kodua said the commission needed to finish the original collation of the election results.
The EC announced last week that a rerun would take place on Friday, July 11, 2025, following months of dispute over uncollated results stemming from disruptions during the December 2024 general election.