Lower Manya NPP heads to court for recount of ballot

Europa 11:32 - 29 December 2016

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The NPP has alleged that there were some irregularities in the counting and collation of results in the constituency.

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) parliamentary candidate for the Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Mr Samuel Teddy Nuertey Ayertey, has considered a court action to force a recount of parliamentary ballots in the constituency.

Mr Ayertey, 45, a lecturer at the Koforidua Technical University, was beaten by the incumbent Member of Parliament for Lower Manya Krobo, Mr Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, with 327 votes in the December 7 polls.

However, Mr Aryertey has alleged that there were some irregularities in the counting and collation of results in the constituency and hence his decision to go to court.

He told the Daily Graphic that he believed he lost more votes during the counting and collation of results.

According to him, he refused to sign the final results compiled by the EC, adding that: “When the process is gone through by recounting the ballots, whatever be the results will clear all doubt on my mind and the minds of my electorate.’’

He said his legal team is currently working to file the necessary documents in court after the 21 days when the presidential result would have been gazetted.