The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, has disclosed that the party has cited the Electoral Commission for contempt of court, after it unilaterally deciding to rerun an election, contrary to a specific court directive.
According to Mr Kodua, who is a legal practitioner by profession, the court's instruction to the EC was clear: collate and declare the results.
Speaking in an interview with Joy News monitored by GhanaWeb on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, he asserted that the EC had no legal authority to vary or disregard that order, even if it believed the directive was difficult to enforce. "The EC has been cited for contempt of court because the directive from the court was explicit, go collate and declare.
And it cannot vary the order of the court even if you have legitimate concerns that the orders the court has given is not enforceable, the only remedy is to go back to the court get a further directive or a varied directive.
