Wa High Court Presided Over by His Lordship Justice Assibey has on Friday 11th October 2024, Quashed the directive of Nandom Magistrate Court to The Electoral Commission (EC) Director to Expunge the names of 199 Voters from the Nandom Voters Register.

Background

The Nandom District Magistrate Court presided over by his Lordship Baba Iddrisu in September, ordered the Electoral Commission of Nandom headed by Isaac Darko to delete the names of 199 from the voters register of the Nandom Constituency.

Speaking to Upper West News , the lawyer of the complainants, Iddrisu Munjamilu explained that his clients who are residents of the Nandom Constituency discovered the names of non-residents and non-Ghanaians in the constituency voters’ roll.

The case was therefore brought to the Nandom District Magistrate Court for redress.

The court went through the procedure to get the names deleted from the voter register.

Lawyer Iddrisu explained, “Those persons were not able to be traced and their contacts were not going through and based on this, the District Magistrate Court granted the wish of the complainants and names of 199 persons who illegally found their names on the electoral register of the Nandom Constituency.”

“I commend the complainants of the Nandom Constituency for taking the bold decision to get a clean register for a credible election. We commend the District Magistrate Judge for upholding the laws of Ghana. Today is a victory day for Ghana and Ghanaians”.

Bagr Francis, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) commended members of the NDC for policing the EC during the voter registration and the just-ended voter register exhibition.

“The court upheld the rule of law by making sure that those illegal, non-Ghanaians mostly from Burkina Faso who found their names on the voter’s registers by conniving with our opponents.

For us, this is a victory for democracy. It is a victory for the National Democratic Congress and victory for the NDC team that worked to make sure this sweet victory is chalked at the Magistrate Court.”

Source: Upper West Media App