Annor-Dompreh Rejects Court Injunction on Nsawam-Adoagyiri Election Dispute
Annor-Dompreh Rejects Court Injunction on Nsawam-Adoagyiri Election Dispute
- Annor-Dompreh refused to accept a copy of an injunction served to him by a court bailiff on December 13, 2024.
- The re-collation process, which began on December 12, 2024, at the Tesano Police Depot, was postponed
- Edudzi Tamakloe, informed the media that the court had scheduled a hearing for the injunction on December 20, 2024.
Frank Annor-Dompreh, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, refused to accept a copy of an injunction served to him by a court bailiff on December 13, 2024.
Annor-Dompreh, who is also the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, was filmed walking away and telling the bailiff, “If you are doing your job, do your job,” as he declined to receive the document.
The injunction was issued by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) earlier that day to halt the re-collation of the election results for Nsawam-Adoagyiri.
The re-collation process, which began on December 12, 2024, at the Tesano Police Depot, was postponed after discrepancies were found in the figures on the pink sheets.
A video recorded at the Tesano Police Depot on Friday, December 13, showed Annor-Dompreh ignoring the bailiff as he tried to serve the injunction.
The re-collation process was temporarily suspended, and the Electoral Commission’s returning officer announced that an interlocutory injunction had been obtained, stopping the process.
Following the halt, NDC’s lawyer, Edudzi Tamakloe, informed the media that the court had scheduled a hearing for the injunction on December 20, 2024.
“We have served the Electoral Commission with an application for an interlocutory injunction to prevent the Commission from continuing the re-collation,” Tamakloe stated.
In response to the developments, the General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Frimpong Kodua, expressed frustration. He questioned the legitimacy of the injunction and emphasized the legal processes involved. “If there’s an injunction, where is the bailiff? The officers involved should be held accountable. If this is a legitimate injunction from the NDC, the officers will be notified, and the process will be handled properly,” Kodua said.
