Stephen Donkor sues NDC over alleged exclusion from General Secretary race

A National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary aspirant, Stephen Donkor, has sued the party and its Director of Elections and IT, Mahdi Gibril, over his exclusion from the party's internal elections. Donkor is challenging the decision, arguing that he was prevented from completing his nomination process despite paying the GH¢80,000 filing fee and uploading his documents. Here is why 23 aspirants were disqualified from NDC national executive elections In an interview with Joy News on November 13, 2026, and monitored by GhanaWeb, Donkor’s lead counsel, Martin Kpebu, said his client was unable to complete the process after his online portal login credentials were allegedly changed without his consent. He said attempts to get the party's elections director to resolve the issue were unsuccessful, leaving his client with no option but to seek redress in court. “It's simply because Stephen Donkor was not given an opportunity to properly submit his nomination forms; meanwhile, he had taken very diligent efforts to make sure that he properly submits, but the snag was that his team was reset without his consent, and all attempts to get Mahdi Gibril, the person in charge of elections at the NDC headquarters, to rectify it did not succeed, so he's left with no option but to proceed to court,” Kpebu said. The lawyer also disputed the suggestion that Donkor failed to make efforts to submit his forms before nominations closed. He said another lawyer was sent to accompany the aspirant to the NDC headquarters to resolve the issue, but they were unable to get the necessary assistance. “Well, perhaps our recollections differ, and I say that because, before the nominations closed, I sent a colleague of mine to go with him, and when they went, even at that point, nothing was done to help him, so at least I have evidence that I sent another lawyer to accompany him to see efforts to get him to submit his form before nomination closed, and it wasn't done,” he added. Kpebu further said he wrote to the party over the matter but received no response. He also disclosed that letters had been sent to the National Council of Elders, President John Dramani Mahama and other party officials in an attempt to resolve the dispute without going to court. “Then I also followed up with a letter, but same was not attended to or in other words we didn't get any release from the letter I presented. “Thirdly, we have since written to the National Council of Elders, His Excellency the President John Mahama, and other parties, Majority Leader James Agalga, etc to see what can be done, so we hope they can do something about it, and then there'll be no need for us to move the court formally,” he added. In his suit, Donkor is asking the court to declare his exclusion from the NDC internal elections unlawful. He is also seeking an order to restore his access to the nomination portal or provide an alternative means for him to submit his outstanding forms. NDC clears 15,000-plus for constituency polls as 480 go unopposed He further wants the party to process his application and allow him to undergo vetting. The legal action comes ahead of the party's National Delegates Congress scheduled for December 19, 2026. MAG/BAI Who Is Responsible for Stray-Bullet Injuries and Deaths? Source: www.ghanaweb.com
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