The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has questioned the basis for a planned rerun of parliamentary elections in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North constituency.

Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story on Tuesday, July 8, Nana B criticised the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision, citing existing court orders that mandate only collation and declaration of results, not a rerun.

“We concluded with the elections in Ablekuma North. What was left was collation and declaration,” he stated.

“Early January, the court directed the Electoral Commission to collate and declare. That directive is still pending and has not been overturned by any superior court.”

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He argued that out of the 37 polling stations previously in contention, 34 had already been duly collated, with signatures from polling agents, returning officers, and presiding officers.

“This fact was the same put before Parliament by Dr. Bossman Asare [Deputy Chairperson of EC] under oath. Mr. Tettey, the Deputy Chairman in charge of operations, wrote to the New Patriotic Party stating that they have collated 34 out of 37 polling stations,” Nana B said.

“The only outstanding polling stations are three.”

Nana B contended that the EC’s disappointment earlier in the year was with the police, who failed to provide security for the final collation of the remaining three polling stations.

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He, therefore, finds it contradictory that the same security service, which could not guarantee safety for a limited collation, is now said to be capable of providing security for a broader rerun exercise.

“If the Electoral Commission was not happy and expressed their disappointment with the police for not providing adequate security for the collation of only three polling stations, how is the police now prepared to provide security for an illegal rerun of 19 polling stations,” he quizzed.

The NPP’s National Organiser insisted that the EC should follow through with the court directive to complete the collation and declaration process, rather than introduce what he described as an “illegal rerun” that contradicts legal procedures and prior commitments made under oath.