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Ablekuma North rerun: NPP’s injunction dismissed
The High Court has dismissed an application by Nana Akua Afriyie, the NPP’s 2024 parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, seeking to halt a planned rerun of parliamentary elections in 19 polling stations within the constituency on July 11, 2025.
The motion for interim injunction was dismissed for being “unmeritorious” by Justice Ali Baba Abature, who ruled that the balance of convenience favours the EC’s constitutional duty to ensure representation for the people.
The applicant had argued that the EC’s actions contravened a binding High Court ruling from January 4, 2025, which directed the Commission to complete the collation of 62 outstanding polling station results and declare a winner for the December 7, 2024, parliamentary election.
In court, NPP’s legal counsel, Gary Nimako, asserted that following the January ruling, the EC itself acknowledged in multiple public communications, including a press release dated January 27, 2025, and a parliamentary briefing by Deputy EC Chair Dr. Bossman Asare, that only three polling stations remained uncollated.