Accra: A suit at the Supreme Court has resulted in an injunction preventing the Ministry of the Interior and the National Election Security taskforce from providing security for the Electoral Commission (EC) to collate the Ablekuma North parliamentary election results. This development was disclosed by the Minister of the Interior, Alhaji Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, during a parliamentary session on Wednesday.
According to Ghana News Agency, the injunction follows an urgent query from Daniel Nana Addo-Kenneth, the Member of Parliament for Okere, regarding the Ministry's security arrangements for the election results collation and declaration. Alhaji Muntaka highlighted that the National Election Security taskforce is currently seeking guidance from the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice to determine the appropriate course of action to avoid contempt of court.
The Minister assured that once the Supreme Court motion is resolved, the Election Security taskforce is prepared to secure the EC officials, along with representatives from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and other stakeholders. The collation of results from about 62 polling stations in the Ablekuma North constituency was previously stalled due to electoral irregularities and violence in the 2024 elections.
On June 4, 2025, the NPP Minority Caucus in Parliament, led by Alexander Afenyo-Markin, petitioned the Inspector-General of Police at the Police Headquarters, urging for adequate security provision for the collation process. Political analysts and civil society organizations have called on the EC and the Police to maintain fairness and uphold democratic principles in the collation and declaration of the election outcomes in Ablekuma North.
