EC: We’re ready to complete Ablekuma North parliamentary results collation

Fred Tetteh, Deputy Director of Research at the Electoral Commission (EC), has confirmed that the Commission is set to complete the collation of parliamentary results for Ablekuma North.

This follows the suspension of the process due to security concerns. Following a High Court order on 4th January 2025, the EC was instructed to continue the collation of results and declare the winners of four outstanding parliamentary elections.

The collation for Ablekuma North, the only remaining constituency, began on 8th January 2025 but was halted due to incomplete results from three polling stations. The EC had scheduled the continuation of the collation for 17th January 2025 at 8:00 am.

However, based on intelligence reports, the Ghana Police Service advised postponing the exercise. Despite this, the EC, in a statement issued on Friday, January 17, noted that the police had not enhanced security at the collation centers, leading to the invasion by party supporters.

Speaking in an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Thursday, Tetteh stated that “In terms of the status as at now, the commission is ready to go ahead to complete the three polling stations that are left to be added for the final declaration to be made.”

To ensure the smooth completion of the collation, he said the EC has taken proactive measures.

“What we have done because it is our constitutional mandate to have this thing completed is that we’ve written to the police to provide security for us because we don’t want what happened on the 17th January to reoccur.

“We are just waiting for the police to provide us security, then we can go ahead with those three polling stations. The results are ready for us to just add up and declare the winner,” Tetteh explained.

However he denied knowledge of the matter being in court as indicated by the National Democratic Congress (NDC).