An injunction application filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been upheld by the Koforidua High Court, restraining Ernest Kumi, the NPP parliamentary candidate, from holding himself out as the Member of Parliament-elect for the Akwatia constituency.
The ruling also prevents the Clerk of Parliament from swearing him in as the MP for the constituency.
Akwatia was among the several constituencies whose results were disputed and had to be declared by the Electoral Commission at the National Police Training School at Tesano, Accra.
On Thursday, January 02, 2025, the court granted the injunction request by the NDC parliamentary candidate, Henry Boakye Yiadom, against the Electoral Commission, Ernest Kumi, and the Clerk of Parliament, halting Kumi’s swearing-in.
Counsel for the NPP, Gary Nimako Marfo, argued that the injunction was not properly filed and based on an inappropriate petition.
He further argued that the candidate cannot challenge the results until after 21 days of it being published and gazetted, and urged the court to dismiss both the injunction order and the petition entirely.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Regional Director of Legal Affairs for the NDC, Mintah Larbi, lauded the court for its handling of the matter he described as injustice meted out to the NDC on December 07, 2024.
“We are positive about the outcome based on our submissions today,” he said.
Meanwhile, counsel for NPP’s Ernest Kumi, Gary Nimako Marfo, asked the court to set aside the interim injunction order granted on January 02, along with all related processes.
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