Ablekuma North: We won't accept rerun - Akua Afriyie
The 2024 NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Ablekuma North, Akua Afriyie, has rejected the Electoral Commission’s decision to rerun the parliamentary election in 19 polling stations within the constituency.
This follows the EC’s announcement of a rerun after disputes over the authenticity of election results from the December 7, 2024, General Election.
In an interview on Channel One Newsroom on Friday, July 2, she expressed strong disapproval of the decision, arguing that the process had nearly concluded before the rerun was announced.
According to her, the collation had been completed in all but three polling stations, and the sudden shift by the EC raises serious concerns.
She maintains that the EC had earlier testified under oath in Parliament that only three polling stations were left to be declared, making the call for a rerun unjustifiable.
She questioned the EC’s consistency and accused the NDC of manipulating the situation in its favour.
“I am not happy with it. We are not going to accept this decision. My reason is very simple. We have gone through all the collation, and we are at three polling stations for us to complete the collation and declaration, and so what changed? We had EC coming to parliament, swearing under oath that we have only three polling stations left, and consistently, that is what it has been so far.
“So if NDC is bent on taking the seat, and going to the extent of requesting a re-run and EC that has always insisted that also that we are left with only three polling stations, comes back to say that ‘we have agreed with NDC’s decision,’ then where are we? We are not agreeing to this,” she said.
