Court stops South Tongu NDC from participating in national elections today
Upon hearing Jerry Edem Amernonu, counsel for plaintiff, the court said it has ordered that “Interlocutory injunction be granted against the purportedly elected South Tongu constituency executives of the defendant’s political party restraining them and or other agents , lawful attorneys, proxies from participating in the upcoming national political election scheduled for 17/12/2022 pending the final determination of the suit. Suit to take its normal course thereafter.”
The Sogakope High Court has injuncted the South Tongu Constituency from participating in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) conference slated for today, December, 17, 2022.
The Party was sued by some members from five branches in the South Tongu constituency.
The Court on the 8th of December granted an order restraining the supposed elected executives in the South Tongu Constituency from participating in the upcoming national delegate conference.
The plaintiffs in the matter are representing the entire five branches making 45 executives of the Sogasco-KPEKPO branches which problems were resolved by the regional executive committee during the Branch reorganization.
Both the NDC and the Electoral Commission have been served copies of the writ..
Upon hearing Jerry Edem Amernonu, counsel for plaintiff, the court said it has ordered that “Interlocutory injunction be granted against the purportedly elected South Tongu constituency executives of the defendant’s political party restraining them and or other agents , lawful attorneys, proxies from participating in the upcoming national political election scheduled for 17/12/2022 pending the final determination of the suit. Suit to take its normal course thereafter.”
The NDC will be going to the polls today, Saturday December 17 to elect national executives.
The elections will take lace at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Nearly 10,000 delegates are expected to cast their ballot to elect the officers.
Below the list of candidates vying for various positions:
CHAIRMAN
SAMUEL YAW ADUSEI
JOHNSON ASEIDU NKETIA
SAMUEL OFOSU AMPOFO
NII ARMAH ASHIETEY
VICE CHAIRMAN
SHERIF ABDUL-NASIRU
ABANGA YAKUBU ALHASSAN
DR. SHERRY AYITTEY
SETH OFORI OHENE
AWUDU SOFO AZOURKA
ALHAJI AMADU B. SOROGHO
ALHAJI HABIBU ADRAMANI
EVELYN ENYONAM MENSAH
GENERAL SECRETARY
ELVIS AFRIYIE ANKRAH
FIFI FIAVI KWETEY
DR. PETER BOAMAH OTOKUNOR
DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY
FRANCIS LANME GURIBE
CATHERINE DEYNU
BARBARA SERWAA ASAMOAH
GBANDE FOYO MUSTAPHA
KWAME ZU
BRADI PAUL OPATA
EVANS AMOO
NATIONAL ORGANIZER
JOSHUA HAMIDU AKAMBA
HENRY OSEI AKOTO
MAHDI MOHAMMED GIBRILL
SIDII ABUBAKARI
SOLOMON YAW NKANSAH
CHIEF HAMILTON BINEY NIXON
JOSEPH YAMMIN
DEPUTY NATIONAL ORGANIZER
KOBBY BARLON
HABIB MOHAMMED TAHIRU
ELIKEM ERIC KEVIN KWAME KOTOKO
ALHAJI YAW KUNDOW
COMMUNICATION OFFICER
SAMMY GYAMFI
DEPUTY COMMUNICATION OFFICER
GODWIN AKO GUNN
ADONGO ATULE JACOB
MALIK BASINTALE
KWAKU BOAHEN ANTHONY
MOHAMMED NAZIRU
ZONGO CAUCUS CO-ORDINATOR-
ABASS ZULKARNAIN KAMBARI
HON. ALHAJI BABANLAMIE ABU SADAT
MAMAH MOHAMMED COLE YOUNGER
ABDUL-AZIZ MOHAMMED
YAKUBU MAHMUD MUDI
NEC MEMBERS
EPHRAIM NII TAN SACKEY
PEREZ FERNANDEZ ARMAH LARYEA
ISSAHAKU ISSAH ADEL
REV. IRENE SENA AGBLEKE
ABDULLAH FARRAKHAN ISHAQ
MALIK ADAMA
VICTORIA KUMA-MINTAH
EMMANUEL EWOENAM YAO ADZOME-DZOKANDA
CECILIA N. ASAGA
EBENEZER EFFAH HACKMAN
NAJAWA ALHAJI ISSAH
STEPHEN LADZEDO
ANITA ANNAN
RANSFORD CHATMAN VANNI-AMOAH
THOMAS AYISI KUMAH
WONDER VICTOR KUTOR
MOHAMMED MAMUDU
ARABA TAGOE
FAMOUS KWESI KUADUGAH
Source: 3news.com|ghana
