“Our victory was won cleanly and fairly” – Mahama

Ghana’s President, Mr. John Mahama, has said his party, the National Democratic Congress, won the 2012 presidential poll “cleanly and fairly” and, therefore, confident the Supreme Court will re-affirm that victory..

“…Our victory was won cleanly and fairly, and that justice will be served and cannot come to any other conclusion than acknowledging the very transparent, free and fair victory that we won at the elections and so I’d ask you while the Court case continues, to continue to strengthen the base of the party”. Mr. Mahama told party supporters at the Headquarters in Accra to mark the NDC’s 21st anniversary.

He is the first respondent in the ongoing election petition at Ghana’s Supreme Court, in which the petitioners, including his arch-political contender, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are praying the Court to overturn the results.

Nana Akufo-Addo, together with his running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the NPP’s national Chairman, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey claims the elections were fraught with malpractices, statutory violations and gross manipulation which cannot go uncontested.

The Electoral Commission and the governing NDC are the other two respondents, in addition to President Mahama.

Mr. Mahama, however, remains confident that the Supreme Court will re-affirm his victory at the end of the hearing.

The Court has heard the case for the past one month.