The campaign team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Dome Kwabenya, Elikplim Akurugu, has asserted that her victory in the 2024 general elections is irreversible.
According to a statement signed by Benjamin Asante-Nyarko, Programmes Coordinator for the candidate, attempts by the Electoral Commission (EC) to declare the seat for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Aaron Mike Oquaye Jnr, through re-collation is unlawful and futile.
“The EC’s declaration of the results on December 8, 2024, was valid and in accordance with CI 127, which designates the returning officer as the authority for declaring parliamentary results. When the EC attempted to re-collate the results on December 21, it was clear that Elikplim Akurugu had won, hence their decision to halt the re-collation process. In a press statement released on that day, December 21, 2024, the Dome Kwabenya NPP acknowledged that 7 out of the 10 electoral areas had been re-collated but remained silent about the candidate leading, knowing very well that the results were not in their favour.”
“The district director’s independent collation also confirmed that Akurugu was the winner. No matter what strategies Oquaye Jnr employs, the results from Dome Kwabenya cannot be changed. A candidate who lost abysmally in his own hometown and the electoral area he resides in is claiming to have won the election. How unfortunate!” the statement said.
“Defeat is always difficult to accept, but it is important to handle it with dignity. Oquaye Jnr should learn from his mistakes and work on improving his political approach. Congratulations to Elikplim Akurugu, the elected MP for Dome Kwabenya. As a strong and capable candidate, she has already begun and concluded a thank-you tour of the ten electoral areas in the constituency.”
“Her campaign office located at the centre of the constituency, Haatso, will soon become the official office of the Member of Parliament, and she is ready to listen to the concerns of the people of Dome Kwabenya. The voters of Dome Kwabenya have chosen change and proper representation, and this choice must be respected at all times,” it added.
The Dome Kwabenya and Okaikwei North seats remain the last two parliamentary seats yet to be officially declared by the EC following the December 7, 2024, elections.
In Ablekuma North, NDC’s Ewurabena Aubynn was declared the winner despite results from 62 polling stations yet to be counted. NPP’s Nana Akua Owusu Afriyieh, a former MP and current Deputy CEO of the Coastal Development Authority, contests the result.
In Dome Kwabenya, Elikplim Akurugu of the NDC was declared the winner, defeating NPP’s Mike Oquaye Jr.
By: Ekow Annan/newsalertgh.com
