Former President John Mahama has announced on Thursday evening that he will not accept the results of the 2020 elections, declaring it was a “stolen change”.
Speaking at a press conference at the headquarters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mahama said “it was clear that the NDC won the presidential and parliamentary elections” but the Electoral Commission rigged.
He promised to use “legitimate means” available to challenge the results, serving notice that “I’m unwilling to accept the verdict of a flawed election.”
He added: “The sacred verdict of the people must be protected. It has been my pledge throughout my service to do exactly that. No amount of trickery will erase the verdict of the people.”
“We’re set to become the majority in parliament. The NDC won 140 seats.”
He accused the EC of a deliberate attempt to deny the NDC of five seats of which he said the party will contest.
“The EC and its chairperson have been used to manipulate results. The use of the military in this election is unprecedented in our history. We would not accept anything short of a legitimate result. The EC has never brought its credibility to its historic low.”
“We’re unable to accept the outcome of the election as declared by the EC. These results are flawed. We’ll take all legitimate steps to revert this travesty of justice,” he noted.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential elections, the Electoral Commission of Ghana declared on Wednesday, 9 December.
Akufo-Addo of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) polled 6,730,413 votes representing 51.59% of the total votes cast as against John Mahama’s 6,214,889 votes representing 47.36. Total valid votes after the close of poll was 13, 434, 574.
