An Accra High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to give Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, leader of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) the opportunity to rectify errors on his nomination form.
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom sued the Chairman of the Electoral Commission Mrs. Charlotte Osei and the Electoral Commission as the first and second respondents respectively after he was disqualified from contesting the December 7 presidential election.
Dr. Nduom filed an ex-parte motion at the High Court to compel the Electoral Commission to reinstate him as a presidential candidate for the 2016 elections, after attempts to get the Commission to rescind its decision failed.
Dr. Nduom was one of 13 aspirants whose nominations were rejected by the EC for various reasons. The Electoral Commission had said one of the people who endorsed his candidature allegedly endorsed the forms in two different districts.
After both parties have made their case in court, presiding Judge Justice Kyei Baffuor set October 28, 2016 to give his ruling on the case.
In court today, the court ruled in favour of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom but did not award cost to any of the parties.
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