Disgruntled NPP MP vows to fight Okaikwei Central results in court

Incumbent Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah, says he will challenge the outcome of the parliamentary election in court.

This comes after the Electoral Commission (EC) declared Abdulai Abu Baba Abubakar Sadiq of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) the winner of the contested seat on Monday, December 9.

However, Mr. Boamah expressed dissatisfaction with the results and confirmed his plans to seek legal redress.

“I know I have won the election. So if I have won the election, I don’t have to use violent means to take my seat. I have to respect due process. And that is what we are going to follow. So we came to discuss with the lawyers, and we are putting our documents together.

“Once the Gazette is made and the time limit for filing the petition is due, we will take the right steps. We are going to the High Court.”

The closely contested race produced initial results suggesting a win for Mr. Boamah. However, protests by the NDC led the EC to review the figures.

Following the review, Baba Sadiq was officially declared the Member of Parliament elect.

According to the EC’s returning officer, out of the total votes cast, which was 30,322, NDC’s Baba Sadiq secured 15,383 votes, narrowly defeating NPP’s Mr. Boamah, who secured 14,949 votes.

The declaration was made after the NDC insisted that results from two-thirds of the constituency’s polling stations should be used to announce the outcome.

While the NDC argued that using results from 78% of the 141 polling stations was a valid approach, the NPP disagreed.