'We're going to remove you from Parliament' – Dr. Tanko Computer to Annoh-Dompreh

The Deputy Director of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Rashid Tanko Computer, has vowed that his party will remove the Member of Parliament for Nsawam/Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, from the House.

Speaking in an interview on ChannelOne TV on Monday, February 17, 2025, Dr. Tanko Computer alleged that Annoh-Dompreh, who is the Minority Chief Whip of the 9th Parliament, cheated his way into the House.

He claimed that fake pink sheets were used in the collation of the parliamentary election results for the constituency, leading to the declaration of the Minority Leader as the winner.

“We have filed an election petition against the declaration of Honourable Annoh-Dompreh as the winner of that contest, and the Koforidua High Court is handling the case. I have been reliably informed that his lawyers have been served. Lawyer Garry Nimako is representing him (Annoh-Dompreh).

“So, we are pursuing the case because the declaration was not proper. Fake pink sheets and scanned ones were used to declare him the winner while we were in court. We filed a stay of execution against the mandamus that was filed at the High Court, yet they went ahead and declared him. We are pursuing this matter vigorously,” he said.

The NDC Deputy Director of Elections and IT asserted that allowing Annoh-Dompreh to remain in Parliament would be an affront to the country’s democracy.

“He was not validly elected. The fact that he maneuvered his way into the House does not mean he was rightfully elected. He was not validly elected… The people voted him out, but he manipulated the process through these crooked means. We must ensure that the sanctity of our democracy and electoral processes is upheld. We are going to pursue this case to ensure that the rightfully elected person represents the people in the august House.”

About the Nsawam/Adoagyiri Parliamentary Election

Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the incumbent Nsawam/Adoagyiri MP, was declared the winner of the constituency’s 2024 parliamentary election at the Greater Accra Regional office of the Electoral Commission, where disputes over the results were being resolved.

The EC Returning Officer for Nsawam/Adoagyiri announced that Annoh-Dompreh polled 29,660 votes, defeating the NDC’s Philibert Amenorpe Fummey, who secured 29,433 votes.

The collation of the results was not completed on election day after supporters of the candidates besieged the constituency’s collation center.

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, indicated that only 143 polling station results had been collated when the process was halted.

“On election day, supporters besieged the collation center, bringing the process to a halt. The Commission attempted to resume and complete the collation on Friday, December 13. However, after results from 143 polling stations had been collated, there was an agreement to put the process on hold until the following day,” she said at a press briefing on December 19, 2024.

Jean Mensa added, “Unfortunately, the collation could not proceed the following day. We were informed by the police service that supporters of the parties were planning to storm the police depot and cause disruptions at the center. Based on police advice, we suspended the collation, leaving it incomplete, and therefore, we could not declare an outcome.”

On Friday, December 20, 2024, a High Court in Accra ordered the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) to proceed with the collation of the 2024 parliamentary election results for the Nsawam/Adoagyiri Constituency in the Eastern Region and declare the winner accordingly.

This ruling followed a mandamus application filed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the constituency, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, compelling the EC to collate and declare the results.

Meanwhile, the NDC candidate in the constituency had filed a petition seeking a re-run of the election.

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