We need protection to declare Ablekuma North parliamentary election results – EC

The Deputy Director of the Electoral Commission successful Charge of Training, Dr Serebour Quaicoe, has attributed the commission’s inability to state results for the Ablekuma North Constituency successful the 2024 Election to inadequate information provided by the Ghana Police Service.

Speaking successful an interrogation connected Peace FM connected Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Dr Quaicoe stated that the committee volition beryllium capable to state a victor successful the parliamentary predetermination erstwhile the constabulary supply the indispensable information conditions.

“We are inactive engaging with the police, and we judge that the contented of Ablekuma North volition soon beryllium resolved. Two weeks ago, immoderate of our unit met with them…

“They are expected to supply america with extortion to implicit the process. Unfortunately, erstwhile our squad visited, they did not conscionable the IGP. My knowing is that the IGP volition beryllium briefed upon his instrumentality truthful that we tin prosecute with them and find a clip to implicit the process,” helium stated.

He affirmed that the committee remains assured successful its quality to implicit the process erstwhile the close information situation is provided.

The Ablekuma North Constituency has faced persistent delays successful finalising its parliamentary predetermination results pursuing the 2024 Election, leaving constituents without practice successful the existent Parliament.

After the December 7, 2024, election, the Electoral Commission (EC) declared the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Ewurabena Aubynn, arsenic the victor connected December 10, 2024, defeating the NPP’s Nana Akua Owusu Afriyieh.

However, the EC aboriginal nullified this declaration, citing that results from 62 retired of 281 polling stations were omitted.

Efforts to re-collate results successful January 2025 faced setbacks, including suspensions owed to unauthenticated pinkish sheets and an penetration of the collation halfway by thugs, raising information concerns.

By January 6, 2025, lone 7 polling stations remained outstanding, but the process stalled, with the EC engaging some the NDC and NPP to resoluteness disputes.

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