Samson Lardy Anyenini, the lawyer representing Dr. Mahama Tia Kabiru, has expressed astonishment at the High Court’s decision to nullify the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Walewale parliamentary primary.
Dr. Kabiru, who was initially declared the winner of the contested primary, faced legal challenges that led to a June 24 injunction preventing him from assuming his role as the NPP’s parliamentary candidate for the constituency.
Following the court’s decision on Monday, September 2, 2024, the NPP announced the schedule for a re-run of the primary.
A statement from the Party’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, confirmed that nominations will be open from September 3 to September 5, 2024, with the election set for Sunday, September 8.
In an interview with Selorm Adonoo on Eyewitness News on Citi FM, Anyenini noted that they possess evidence of election fraud by the plaintiff, including phone records and testimonies of individuals who alleged they were bribed to vote.
Despite the unexpected ruling, Anyenini acknowledged the re-run and said they would await the outcome.
He also expressed uncertainty about whether Dr. Kabiru would concede or continue to contest the re-run.
“We had telephony call records of three persons and these records contained telephone contacts between agents of the plaintiff and these individuals one of them for example the agent spoke to that person a dozen times between the night before the election and the day of the election and people have come to court to say you gave them GHS3000 you gave them a number of goodies to go there and vote.”
“Meanwhile you labelled those people as people who are impersonators…You procure people to impersonate six dead people…We are surprised by the turn of events but well it is a rerun so let’s see how it goes for them.”
“…I don’t think he is going to give up. It is just an expensive enterprise and then what you wanted to avoid was to go through another round of expense…I supposed he should be going about it now,” he stated.
