The Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, has strongly criticised the re-collation of the Okaikwei Central parliamentary election results.
Mr Chaie has vowed the NDC will use every legal means possible to stop the swearing-in of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) candidate and MP-elect, Patrick Boamah on January 7, 2025.
“It will not happen that Patrick Boamah will be sworn in. He can never represent the people of Okaikwei Central; he was not voted for. There are laws in Ghana and it will take its course,” he stated.
Mr Boamah, the incumbent MP was on Saturday, December 21, declared the winner of the disputed election after a re-collation.
He secured 21,099 votes to retain his seat, defeating his sole challenger, the NDC’s Abdulai Abu Baba Abubakar Sadiq who garnered 19,368 votes but was earlier declared winner.
Speaking on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Monday, the former Ablekuma Central MP declared the NDC will not accept the re-collation and declaration.
According to him, the process was marred with fraudulent acts, alleging Baba Sadiq’s results were swapped with that of Patrick Boamah.
“The EC officials brought their own pinks sheets so the figures the political parties had were different and that is what we were drawing the attention of Jean Mensa but she refused because they knew what they were doing.
“But Patrick will not go to Parliament. We can’t do this to ourselves. He is my friend but the truth is just one,” he said.
Mr Chaie further indicated that, the outcome of the 2024 election demands an overhaul of the Electoral Commission(EC).
The re-collation exercise was part of a broader effort by the EC to address disputes in nine constituencies, in compliance with a directive from the Accra High Court.
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