Counsel for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Tameklo has hit back at lawyers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over claims that the declaration of Ebi Bright as winner of the Tema Central December 7, 2024 parliamentary election was not done by an Electoral Commission (EC) official.
Taking his turn to oppose the mandamus application seeking to compel the EC to collate results in four constituencies, he argued that the NPP's own applicant admitted in his affidavit that there was a declaration and that it was done without including two polling stations.
To substantiate his claim, Mr Tameklo referred the court to a letter written by one of the NPP applicants, Charles Forson who wrote to the EC demanding the Commission to direct the returning officer to properly collate and declare in accordance with law.
He further argued that there was a proper declaration by the EC hence there was no need to collate the results. "It is not the duty of this court to make a determination on who won an election, they are inviting you on a very slippery path.