The opposition party in Ghana, National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the outcome of the Presidential Elections.
Recall that the incumbent President, Nana Akufo-Addo, who was also the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was declared winner of the Presidential election in Ghana on Wednesday by the country’s electoral commission after a tightly contested race beating his major opponent John Mahama of the NDC.
Mahama, 62, and Akufo-Addo, 76, are old rivals who have faced off at the ballot box twice before.
The opposition party rejected both the Presidential and Parliamentary election results and intends to file an appeal aginst the electoral commission’s decision, a party official revealed on Wednesday while speaking at a press conference in Accra.
His statement read, ” Overwhelming evidence available makes it impossible for us to accept this spurious and hurried conclusion”.
“We intend to take decisive and concrete steps, both with the presidential and parliamentary results, to overturn this brazen and shameless attack on our democracy,” Haruna Iddrissu said.
John Mahama accused Nana Akuffo-Addo of using the military to sway the outcome of the election, a claim that has been refuted by the government.
Meanwhile, the President-elect, Akuf0-Addo in a victory speech on Wednesday addressed his jubilant supporters and called for peace.
“Now is the time, irrespective of political affiliations, to unite, join hands and stand shoulder to shoulder,” he said.
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