Jean Adukwei Mensa, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), has been called by Parliament to discuss the ongoing electoral dispute in the Ablekuma North constituency.
Ablekuma North has not had representation in Parliament since the general election held on December 7, 2024.
Following complaints of serious anomalies, EC officials canceled the results. EC employees said that threats from political supporters influenced their decisions, and the preliminary declaration excluded results from 62 out of 281 polling stations.
MPs from the Minority Caucus petitioned the Ghana Police Service on June 4, 2025, requesting more security so that the results could be properly tallied.
Subsequently, Jean Mensa was formally called by Parliament to provide an update on the state of the collation efforts, a concrete schedule for completing the audit of the remaining 62 polling sites, and the steps taken to ensure safety and transparency during the process.
In February, the EC acknowledged the Ablekuma North standoff and reiterated its commitment to finding a solution, describing it as the best in the Fourth Republic’s history.
Civil society voices, including Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, have condemned the use of copy-scanned pink sheets from unverified sources and called for a complete re-run or, at the very least, a re-collation specifically for the 62 stations that are still in operation.
Ewurabena Aubynn, the candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), whose first declaration was declared unlawful, has indicated that she is willing to pursue any legal changes.
Asserting that she won fairly with full pink-sheet proof, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, the candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has demonstrated and marched to the police headquarters.
Depending on the outcome of this hearing, Parliament may decide to take additional steps to guarantee that constituents are not denied the right to vote or to finally fill the vacancy.
In the early hours of Tuesday, December 17, 2024, voting materials for the contentious Ablekuma North constituency election results—particularly the parliamentary election—were destroyed by fire.
Voting materials, such as ballot boxes and vote sheets, were stored at a facility at the Kwashieman Cluster of Schools in Accra. However, an unidentified fire outbreak damaged the supplies.
According to reports, the fire started in the school library, which had been temporarily transformed into a place to store ballot boxes from the Ablekuma North constituency during the general elections held on December 7.
Source: newsthemegh.com