An Accra High Court has dismissed the 's (NDC) objection challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear a mandamus application filed by the (NPP), according to a report by citinewsroom.com.
Justice Forson Agyapong, presiding over the case, ruled that the matter was not an election petition, as argued by the NDC's counsel, Godwin Tameklo.
He emphasised that the mandamus application does not fall within the framework of challenging the validity of election results under the Representation of People Law, PNDCL 284.
The NDC had argued that the application sought to invalidate election results through a procedure other than the prescribed election petition.