The Koforidua High Court has issued an interim injunction preventing Ernest Kumi from being sworn in as the Member of Parliament-elect for the Akwatia constituency.
The injunction follows a lawsuit filed by lawyers for Henry Boakye-Yiadom, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, against the Electoral Commission (EC), Ernest Kumi, and the Clerk to Parliament.
The legal action seeks to halt Mr. Kumi’s swearing-in pending the resolution of the case.
The Akwatia constituency was among the contested seats re-collated and declared by the EC at the National Police Training School in Tesano, Accra.
According to the EC’s final collation, Ernest Kumi of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was declared the winner with 19,269 votes, while Henry Boakye-Yiadom of the NDC polled 17,206 votes.
After hearing arguments in the case, the court ruled in favor of issuing the interim injunction, effectively barring Mr. Kumi from being recognized as the MP-elect for the Akwatia constituency until further notice.
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