A High Court in Accra has reportedly dismissed an injunction application by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop the Electoral Commission of Ghana from re-collating the results of five constituencies where their parliamentary candidates had earlier been declared winners.
The action filed on Monday, December 16, 2024, sought an order of judicial review in the nature of declaration, certiorari, prohibition, and injunction.
Per the action, the NDC, which is the 1st Applicant, contends that declarations made in the December 7 elections in favour of Faustina Elikplim Akurugu (Dome Kwabenya), Baba Sadiq (Okaikwei Central), Ewurabena Aubynn (Ablekuma North), Ebi Bright (Tema Central), and Samuel Aboagye (Obuasi East) - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th applicants respectively, cannot be re-collated and re-declared.
The NDC again submitted that the EC, following their earlier declarations, "has become functus officio and therefore cannot re-collate, recount, and re-declare the results of the already declared election results in the stated constituencies." The party also sought an order prohibiting the respondent from re-collating, re-counting, and re-declaring the already collated and declared parliamentary election results in the Dome Kwabenya, Okaikwei Central, Ablekuma North, Tema Central, and Obuasi East constituencies.