Ghanaians voted Friday and Saturday for a president and parliamentary seats. Preliminary results reported by Ghanaian news outlets indicated Mahama was narrowly leading Akufo-Addo, the son of a former president. The discrepancy prompted hundreds of NPP supporters to hit the streets Sunday to protest what their leaders describe as election fraud.
Dressed in party T-shirts, they marched to the nation's Electoral Commission office chanting, "We want peace," according to the state-run Ghana News Agency. Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, the NPP's chairman, had called -- without success -- for Sunday's official announcement of results from the election commission to put off until "all the allegations have been investigated. He said tens of thousands of votes were added to Mahama's tally "following collusion" between National Democratic Congress and election officials, Ghana News Agency reported.
The NPP has asked Ghana's electoral commission to recount the vote and conduct an audit of voting machines "to help establish the credibility and accuracy of this year's presidential election. NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia told reporters his party was not yet responding to the NPP claims, expressing faith well before Sunday night's announcement by Ghana's election commission that Mahama was "moving towards victory.
GCPP Lartey 34, 0. NPP Akufo-Addo 5,, UFP Addae 7, 0. PNC Ayariga 22, 0. CPP Sakara 17, 0. Election News - Electorate to boycott elections at Sankubase Politcal party supporters must be tolerant - Boadu-Ayeboafoh. EC outlines modalities for declaring Election results. Police will use force to deal with ballot box snatchers. Ghanaian youth urged to resist any attempt of electoral violence.
Three youth groups in Tamale to campaign for NDC. First Lady calls for collaboration among chiefs and security agencies. Muslim leaders call for peaceful elections.
Latest Election Pictures. Ghana Live Radio Links. All Ghana Live Radio Stations. Ghana Twitter News Feed. No results. Ghana main opposition say de EC no go fit declare credible election results within 24 hours. Wia dis foto come from, John Mahama. De Electoral Commission initially put 5pm GMT as time to declare de Ghanaian presidential elections results but shift am one hour to de time. Ghana Electoral Commission [EC] post message at pm GMT say to ensure say de collation of results at de Constituency and Regional Collation Centres across de country dey accurate, de EC go extend en intended timeline for declaring de Presidential election results.
Dema no give an exact time. At de moment, de Electoral Commission Regional Collation Centres don begin results announcement for de constituencies across de 16 regions of Ghana. Wia dis foto come from, John Dramani Mahama. Click here to see de certified: [Ghana Presidential Election Results]. De woman wey dey organize dis election Jean Mensa tell BBC Pidgin say dem still dey hope to announce results within 24hours after de polls.
Dis na de eighth time since wen Ghanaians dey elect new leader inside de fourth republic. If de Jean Mensa Ghana Electoral Commission succeed in declaring de results within 24 hours, e go be a first in de history of de west African nation.
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