A scuffle ensued between the police and NDC supporters in Okaikwei Central as the supporters intensified their protest against the declaration of Patrick Yaw Boamah as the winner of the 2024 parliamentary election.
The group has for the second time in a week blocked some streets in the constituency, this time the Fadama-Bombay stretch to demand the re-declaration of the NDC candidate, Baba Sadiq Abdullah as MP.
On January 7, some Abeka residents in the Okaikwei Central constituency protested the declaration and swearing-in of Patrick Boamah as their Member of Parliament (MP).
They took to the streets in a fiery protest after the parliamentary seat, initially declared for their candidate Baba Sadiq, was declared for Patrick Boamah following a re-collation of votes.
Boamah who was the constituency’s incumbent MP was officially declared the winner for the constituency with 21,099 votes, defeating the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) candidate Baba Sadiq, who polled 19,368 votes.
This declaration followed a High Court ruling in Accra that directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to complete the collation of results in several constituencies, including Okaikwei Central, Tema Central, Ablekuma North, and Techiman South, by January 6, 2025.
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