The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma North, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, has confirmed her decision to contest in the upcoming parliamentary rerun scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025.
Her confirmation comes despite an earlier stance by the NPP not to participate in the rerun, which was ordered by the Electoral Commission (EC) following disputes over the authenticity of results from 19 polling stations during the December 7, 2024, general election.
Speaking to journalists at her office in Odorkor, Accra, on Thursday, July 10, Akua Afriyie expressed confidence ahead of the polls and reaffirmed her commitment to securing victory.
“I am contesting. We are fully prepared. We are going for this contest tomorrow. First, I want to thank the Almighty God for protecting us throughout these seven months. We went for elections on December 7, and I won that election,” she stated.
Owusu Afriyie’s application to stop the rerun was dismissed on Wednesday, July 9, by Justice Ali Baba Abature, who described the motion as “unmeritorious.” The court ruled that halting the exercise would hinder the EC’s constitutional duty and deny constituents their right to representation in Parliament.
Although the party had initially insisted that the EC’s decision contradicted a binding High Court ruling from January 4, 2025, which ordered the collation and declaration of results from 62 outstanding polling stations, Akua Afriyie appears to have broken ranks with the party’s official position.
The NPP’s legal team had further argued that only three polling stations were uncollated as of January 27, based on public updates from the Electoral Commission.
Meanwhile, the EC has maintained its decision to conduct the rerun in the 19 affected polling stations within the constituency.