The Accra High Court has dismissed an application for interlocutory injunction by Action Peoples Party against the Akwatia by-election slated for September 2.
The party challenged the Electoral Commission’s disqualification of its candidate, David Ankomah, indicating that the EC notified him on short notice to present a tax clearance certificate.
But in court on Thursday, August 28, presiding Judge Eugene Nyadu Nyantei ruled that granting the application would not affect only the EC but the other candidates in the contest.
He, however, indicated that the instant suit could be pursued to its logical limits, with portions of it needing interpretation at the Supreme Court.
The parliamentary candidate for the Action People’s Party (APP) in the Akwatia Constituency, David Ankomah filed a suit at the High Court seeking to halt the upcoming by-election scheduled for September 2, 2025.
Mr. Ankomah’s suit follows his disqualification from the race over issues relating to a tax clearance certificate but he contends that the decision is only a “grand scheme” to take him out of the contest.
Mr. Ankomah disclosed this to Accra-based Citi FM in an interview on Monday, August 25, 2025.
“Because we believe in the rule of law in Ghana, our lawyers have filed a case at the High Court seeking an injunction, and the matter will be heard on August 28. All we are seeking is justice,” he said.
The Akwatia by-election has become necessary following the death of the constituency’s Member of Parliament, Ernest Kumi, who passed on recently after a short illness.
