Reject NDC’s election suit – Akua Donkor petitions Supreme Court

Flagbearer of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor has petitioned the Supreme Court to throw out any case that will be brought by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) challenging the 2020 presidential and parliamentary election results.

Madam Donkor argues that claims by the NDC that the polls were rigged in favour of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo are baseless and must not be heard in court.

Akua Donkor who placed fifth in the 2020 election with 5,577 votes representing 0.024% of valid votes cast maintained that the results, as declared by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Jean Mensa, was a true reflection of the will of the Ghanaian people.

In the petition, she congratulated the EC chair for a “good job” done adding emphatically that the NDC “is just throwing stones in the eyes of Ghanaians”.

formally file a petition at the Supreme Court to challenge the outcome of the December 7, 2020, general elections.

The yet to be filed suit follows what the party believes is a manifestation of voter fraud and irregularities in the just-ended polls.

The party in a statement signed by the General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia said the move is in line with the party’s “commitment to the upholding of the Constitution and respect for human rights.”

Despite the use of the court system to have their grievances addressed, the NDC says it will continue to hit the streets to protest the outcome of the elections.

Read Akua Donkor’s full petition below:

“I humbly write to your good office to share my view on the declaration of the Presidency during the general election.