NPP defies court order to elect new officers in Fomena

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The delegates conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Fomena Constituency to elect new regional party executives came off on Wednesday (May 4, 2022) in spite of an interim injunction against the exercise.

The election, which took place at the St. Hubert Roman Catholic Church at Akrokeri had about 356 party delegates electing their preferred candidates for all 10 constituency executive positions, including that of the chairmanship slot.

Court order

The election started hours before a High Court in Kumasi granted an injunction restraining the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from holding its elections in the Constituency.

Two aggrieved members – Benjamin Ofori and Kwame Anokye – are challenging the credibility of the polling station elections supervised by a committee led by former Bantama lawmaker, Henry Kwabena Kokofu.

They claim that some individuals who had automatically forfeited their party membership after sponsoring an independent candidate during the 2020 general elections were allowed to pick nomination forms to contest various positions.

“The plaintiffs aver that all efforts to compel the Defendants from disqualifying these people from contesting the elections have proven futile.

The plaintiffs have been pushed to the belief that aforementioned people can be stopped or disqualified from contesting in the aforementioned 1st Defendant only with the help of this Honorable Court”, their writ read in part.

They want the court to among others declare that any member of the New Patriotic Party who forfeits his membership cannot contest elections.

Granting the orders of the plaintiffs on Wednesday (4 May 2022), the court presided over by Justice Patricia Quansah asked the party not to go ahead and conduct the Constituency elections.

She then adjourned the case to 18 May 2022 for the substantive case to be heard.

Winners

Youth Organizer
Jonh Kusi Nti…..173
Elvis Mensah…….157

Treasurer
Bright Abu….165
Afia Nuamah….166

Women organizer
Hawa Boafo….179
Vida Amponsem….155

Organizer
Seth Oduro….183
Kusi Obodom…..150

Secretary
Daniel Nkansah….161
Stephen Duah……171

Assistant secretary
Odame Kusi….174
John k Nyame….155

Nasaara Co-ordinator
Salifu Jibril Ibrahim..unopposed

1st Vice
Kofi Adusei unopposed

2nd vice
Benjamin Benson Sekyere 191
Daniel Annie….143

Chairman
Kofi Adom…..189
Twum Ampofo Agyekum…141

SOURCE: DAILY MAIL GH

SOURCE: DAILY MAIL GH