The Ablekuma North Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Frederick Green, has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) and the sitting government of colluding to rig the just-ended parliamentary rerun in favour of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Speaking shortly after the official results were announced on Friday, July 11, Green expressed frustration, claiming the outcome was part of a deliberate scheme to deny the NPP victory.
“We’re not surprised by the results,” he said. “We were robbed. We won, but the EC and the government manipulated the process. Is this the kind of democracy Ghana wants to uphold?”
Green argued that the party had already collated results from the December 7, 2024, general election and was simply waiting for the addition of results from three remaining polling stations.
Instead, the EC announced a rerun in 19 polling stations, an action Green said the party neither agreed to nor was properly informed about.
He insisted the NPP had already secured victory in 15 out of those 19 polling stations in the original election and presented pink sheets to back the claim.
“This rerun was engineered to rig the outcome,” he said. “But we believe in the rule of law and accept the result calmly, even though it’s a bitter pill to swallow.”
Green’s allegations follow a major upset in the constituency, where NDC candidate Ewurabena Aubynn secured a narrow win with 34,090 votes, edging out NPP’s Nana Akua Afriyie, who polled 33,881 votes.
This marks only the second time since 1992 that the NDC has won the Ablekuma North seat a traditional NPP stronghold.
The rerun was ordered after legal and procedural issues marred the December 2024 election. The EC had withheld its final declaration due to unendorsed pink sheets from 19 polling stations.
Though a High Court ruling in January 2025 directed the EC to complete the collation, unresolved issues—including missing signatures led to a controversial decision to rerun the vote in all 19 affected stations.
The NPP initially boycotted the rerun, describing the EC’s move as unjustified.
However, its candidate, Nana Akua Afriyie, later broke ranks with the party and re-entered the race, backed by grassroots supporters and some senior NPP members.
The rerun, held on July 11, was not without incident. There were reports of violence at some polling centres, including assaults on Akua Afriyie and former Fisheries Minister Hawa Koomson.
The Ghana Police Service has since interdicted an officer filmed assaulting a journalist during the exercise.
Despite the tension, the election proceeded in all 19 polling stations. Aubynn’s narrow victory ended months of political deadlock in the constituency and delivered a symbolic win for the NDC, signalling growing competition in the Greater Accra Region, where traditionally safe seats are becoming increasingly contested
