General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has accused state institutions of partiality regarding developments in the 2024 Ablekuma North parliamentary election.
According to him, there was a breakdown of law and order during the initial collation of the disputed polling stations in the constituency, which he believes state institutions failed to avert due to possible political interference.
He believes both the Ghana Police Service and the Electoral Commission have been compromised by the government, alleging that this could be the reason the police failed to provide security for the collation of the remaining results as demanded.
Kodua, speaking on Accra-based JoyNews Tuesday, July 8, 2025, averred that “our institutions are supposed to be impartial. That’s why it’s important they remain professional.”
“So are you trying to tell me that the reason why the police failed to provide security for us to complete the collation of the three outstanding polling stations was because they were working at the behest of this government?” he quizzed.
Kodua, who had disclosed that the NPP has taken the Electoral Commission to court for contempt, questioned why it could turn around to announce a rerun after accepting some scanned copies of the NPP’s documents to complete parts of the earlier collation, due to the destruction of the original documents resulting from the chaos at the collation centre.
“The NPP scanned all our 281 pink sheets and collated our results. Before we went to the Electoral Commission, we knew our candidate had obtained 34,613 as against the NDC candidate’s 34,199—a difference of 414 votes. So we were very sure,” Kodua said.
He expressed shock that the EC could rely on the NPP’s documents to collate portions of the results and “turned around and made a certain U-turn to run polls again in 19 polling stations.”
The December 7, 2024 elections was contested by Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as its parliamentary candidate, while Ewurabena Aubynn stood on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
But, the constituency still doesn’t have a Member of Parliament after for six months due to a dispute over the collation of results from some polling stations. This has prolonged representation for the constituents in Parliament.
Preliminary results released by the Electoral Commission (EC) showed Nana Akua narrowly winning the seat with 34,613 votes, against Aubynn’s 34,199 — a margin of 414 votes.
The NDC’s Ewurabena Aubynn rejected the results, claiming she was the legitimate winner. She further alleged electoral irregularities, including the fabrication of pink sheets and collusion between EC officials and the NPP.
On January 17, the collation process was suspended after alleged acts of vandalism at the EC’s Greater Accra office, prompting the NDC to stage a protest vigil in demand for transparency.
The alleged vandalism linked to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) resulted in the ransacking of the collation centre at the Greater Accra Regional Office of the Electoral Commission.
The Electoral Commission was scheduled to resume the collation of parliamentary election results for the Ablekuma North constituency on Friday, January 17, 2025.
However, the process was interrupted when more than 40 individuals stormed the venue, demanding that everyone vacate the premises and vandalise property, including louvre blades and doors.
The controversy intensified after a fire in December 2024 destroyed ballot materials stored overnight at a facility in Kwashieman, raising further concerns over the integrity of the electoral process.
On June 4, the Minority Caucus formally petitioned the Ghana Police Service to provide adequate security to facilitate a safe and transparent re-collation process.
During a parliamentary briefing on June 19, the Electoral Commission explained that the delay in completing the collation of results stemmed from the absence of legal advice from the Attorney General’s Department. The Commission also called on Parliament to assist in securing police protection for EC officials, party agents, and stakeholders during the process.
On July 2, 2025, the EC announced a rerun in 19 out of the 281 polling stations in the constituency, citing issues with unverified scanned pink sheets as the basis for its decision.
While the NDC welcomed the rerun and expressed confidence in Ewurabena Aubynn’s chances, the NPP strongly condemned the move, describing it as overreach by the EC and claiming it lacked legal precedent.
FULL TEXT: NPP rejects EC’s decision to rerun polls at 19 polling stations in Ablekuma North
