The Amasaman High Court has granted an injunction against the newly elected National Youth Organiser of the NDC, George Opare Addo, popularly known as ‘Pablo’, preventing him from carrying himself as the National Youth Organiser of the NDC.
This was after the court heard an application for interim injunction brought by Brogya Genfi, a contestant in the just-ended National Youth Organizer election of the NDC; Ibrahim Rashid, the TEIN President of UPSA; and Paul Amaldago, the TEIN President for the University of Ghana, Legon, who are challenging the legality of George Opare Addo’s election.
Named as defendants in the application are the National Democratic Congress, the NDC Congress Planning Committee Chairman, Alex Segbefia, the NDC Acting Director of Elections; Daniel Amartey, the Electoral Commission and George Opare Addo.
The plaintiffs filed a writ of summons, seeking the annulment of the just-ended National Youth Organizer election on the basis that 22 TEIN President delegates, who by the expressed orders of the High Court were supposed to vote in the elections, were excluded and/or prevented from participating in the elections and that 17 persons who were not supposed to participate in the elections were rather allowed to vote.
The plaintiffs believe that given the margin between the two candidates was only 25 votes, the said illegalities and infractions constituting 39 votes significantly impacted the outcome of the elections.
According to the Court, it granted the 10-day injunction after reading the affidavit of the plaintiff, Brogya Genfi, and listening to his lawyer, Kojo Abban.
In the ex parte motion filed, Brogya Genfi’s lawyers prayed the court to, among others, restrain “the 5th defendant (George Opare Addo), from presenting himself to be acknowledged and or sworn in by the 1st defendant and or its officers, as the duly elected National Youth Organiser of the 1st Defendant for a period not exceeding 10 days from the date of the order upon the grounds contained in the supporting affidavit.”
This is coming a day before the national delegates conference of the NDC to elect national officers to serve the party for the next four years.
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