Akua Afriyie, the 2024 NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Ablekuma North, has boldly stated that the NPP is not going to accept the Electoral Commission’s decision to rerun the parliamentary election in 19 polling stations within the constituency.
According to Akua Afriyie, the EC, under oath in Parliament, stated only three polling stations were left to be declared, making the call for a rerun unjustifiable.
Speaking in Channel One Newsroom on Friday, July 2, Akua Afriyie stated, “I am not happy with it. We are not going to accept this decision. My reason is very simple. We have gone through all the collation, and we are at three polling stations for us to complete the collation and declaration, and so what changed? We had EC coming to parliament, swearing under oath that we have only three polling stations left, and consistently, that is what it has been so far.
“So if NDC is bent on taking the seat, and going to the extent of requesting a re-run and EC that has always insisted that also that we are left with only three polling stations, comes back to say that ‘we have agreed with NDC’s decision,’ then where are we? We are not agreeing to this,” she said.
Her comments come on the back of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has revealed 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.
The Ablekuma North Constituency has remained without a Member of Parliament since the December 7 general elections.
It will be recalled that the collation of Ablekuma North constituency results on January 8, 2025, at the electoral commission’s old office could not be concluded because three out of the 281 polling station results were outstanding.
The Electoral Commission was not able to collate the Ablekuma North constituency results again on January 17, 2025, because some party supporters invaded the premises and destroyed some properties.
The stalled declaration has now gone past six months.
The Minority caucus formally petitioned the Ghana Police Service on June 4 to provide security to enable the Electoral Commission to complete the re-collation process.
The Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Bossman Asare, has stated that the Attorney General’s pending advice is holding back on Ablekuma North collation.
According to Bossman Asare, the EC has taken several steps to complete the process, but has been stalled due to the absence of security support, which is dependent on legal clarification from the Attorney General.
