The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, Nana Akua Afriyie Owusu, has filed an injunction at the Accra High Court to block the Electoral Commission (EC) from conducting a rerun of elections in 19 polling stations within the constituency.
The legal action, filed as an application for judicial review, challenges the EC’s decision to organise a partial rerun scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025. The former Member of Parliament argues that the Commission’s move contradicts an earlier ruling issued by the High Court on January 4, 2025, which ordered the EC to collate and declare the results from all 281 polling stations—not to conduct fresh polls.
According to Nana Akua Afriyie, the court’s directive was clear in instructing the completion of the collation process, making the EC’s decision to initiate a rerun unlawful.
The application, supported by a detailed 29-paragraph affidavit, accuses the Electoral Commission of acting “arbitrarily, capriciously, and beyond its legal authority.”
It outlines three primary grounds for the injunction:
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Violation of Court Order: The suit argues that the EC is in breach of Justice Forson Agyapong Baah’s judgment, which specifically directed the collation and declaration of results, not a rerun.
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Lack of Legal Basis for Rerun: Citing Regulation 42 of Constitutional Instrument (C.I.) 127, the application states that a rerun is only warranted in the case of a tie—a condition the EC has not officially declared in the Ablekuma North contest.
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Procedural Irregularities: The suit also raises concerns over the EC’s alleged reliance on scanned pink sheets that have not been independently verified, describing the process as irrational and lacking procedural fairness.
The NPP has strongly opposed the EC’s decision to rerun the elections, insisting that the collation was nearly completed before the Commission’s unexpected announcement. Party officials have condemned the move as one taken in “bad faith,” and have vowed to resist what they consider an unlawful reversal of the democratic process.
The court is expected to hear the application in the coming days, with the outcome likely to have significant implications for the electoral dispute in Ablekuma North.
