Ablekuma North: You swear under oath that there are only 3 polling stations – NPP’s PC counters EC

Akua Afriyie, the 2024 NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Ablekuma North, has firmly rejected the Electoral Commission’s decision to rerun the parliamentary election in 19 polling stations within the constituency.

According to her, the Electoral Commission had previously stated under oath in Parliament that only three polling stations were left to be declared, making the decision to hold a rerun unjustified.

Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Friday, July 2, Akua Afriyie said, “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.

Her remarks follow the Electoral Commission’s announcement that it will rerun the Parliamentary Election in 19 polling stations in the Ablekuma North Constituency.