Abeka residents protest Patrick Boamah's victory, demand justice for Baba Sadiq

Some residents of Abeka, a town in the Okaikwei Central Constituency, have protested the victory of Patrick Yaw Boamah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate.

Expressing their dissatisfaction with the election results, the protesters took to the streets, burning car tyres along the Abeka stretch and demanding justice for Baba Sadiq, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate.

They allege that Sadiq was unfairly denied victory.

The protests follow the recent re-collation of parliamentary results for four constituencies, including Okaikwei Central, where Patrick Yaw Boamah, the incumbent Member of Parliament, was declared the winner with 21,099 votes, defeating Baba Sadiq, who garnered 19,368 votes.

This declaration came after a ruling by the High Court in Accra, which directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to complete the collation of results in several constituencies—Okaikwei Central, Tema Central, Ablekuma North, and Techiman South—by January 6, 2025.