Issah Fuseini, a former Member of Parliament for Okaikoi North, has stated the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will not boycott the Ablekuma North rerun.
The former lawmaker boldly emphasised that the NPP will fully participate in the Ablekuma North rerun.
According to Issah Fuseini, the EC’s decision may be influenced by political pressure from the NDC.
Speaking on The Big Issue on Channel One TV on Saturday, July 5, Issah Fuseini stated, “And for the NDC to think that we will probably boycott it, no, it is not like us. We’ll not boycott this election [Ablekuma North]”.
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana announced that it will conduct a rerun of the Parliamentary Election in 19 polling stations in the Ablekuma North Constituency.
Samuel Tettey, Deputy Chairman of Operations at the EC, in a press release dated July 2, noted that the decision was reached following consultation between the NDC and the NPP on July 1, 2025.
The EC has decided to rerun the election in 19 of the 37 polling stations, citing that although the scanned results from these stations were approved by both party agents, they lacked verification by the Presiding Officers.
The rerun in Ablekuma North is scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025.
Meanwhile, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that they will go to court to stop the Electoral Commission (EC) from conducting a rerun of the Ablekuma North Constituency election.
According to the NPP, the EC lacks the legal basis to call for a rerun in only selected polling stations.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on July 3, the General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, stated, “The NDC knows that they lost the election. We are in the NPP, shall stop at nothing in our quest to ensure that the power that has been respected and upheld by the democratic rights and sovereign will of the people of Ablekuma North, as expressed by them on December 7, 2024, is upheld.
Therefore, we have caused our legal directorate to challenge the directive in court. We shall file in court and challenge the whimsical, capricious directive by the EC”, he added.
