The High Court, General Jurisdiction Division 2 Presided by the learned Justice Forson Agyapong has granted the Mandamus Applications brought by Nana Akua Afriyie, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North against the Electoral Commission for the collation and declaration of election results.
The Honourable Court heard arguments for and against the applications by the learned Gary Nimako Marfo for the Applicants, Godwim Tamaklo Esq. for the Interested Parties, which are National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidates and the Party itself and the learned and respected Justin Amenuvor for the Respondent, the Electoral Commission of Ghana.
The High Court Judge after spelling out the law as regard Mandamus, and with a well laid out outline of the applicable laws on supervisory powers of the Court, Justice Forson moved on to apply the evidence in the Mandamus to the conditions of Mandamus.
Votes of 62 polling stations not collated
Justice Forson held that the inability of the Electoral Commission (EC) not to collate all polling stations as two polling stations remains outstanding and therefore there still remains a duty to be done by the EC. Justice Forson went on to hold that there was a demand on the EC which demand has been refused as collation including the outstanding two is yet to be done.
Justice Forson held that all other conditions were met for the grant of the Mandamus for collation and declaration at Ablekuma North Constituency. Consequently Justice Forson ordered the EC to collate the sixty two outstanding polling stations and declare Ablekuma North Parliamentary Elections. The High Court Justice also consequently ordered the Police to provide armed security for the collation exercise.
Consequently all 62 outstanding polling stations results shall be added to the already collated 219 polling station results.
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