A group of aggrieved members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency in the Western Region has filed an application at the High Court seeking to halt ongoing internal electoral processes, including vetting and polling station elections.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to place an interlocutory injunction on the constituency and regional leadership of the party to stop all activities leading to the conduct of the polling station elections.
The group—comprising Sam Nathaniel Andoh, Samuel Kwaw Blay, Musah Abdulai, Charlotte Ghansah, Francis Ntsiful, Eric Bonney, Juliana Eshun, and Memunatu Abubakar Saddick—argues that the processes being undertaken are flawed and inconsistent with the party’s internal guidelines.
In their motion on notice, the applicants are seeking to restrain key party officials, including the Western Regional Chairman, Francis Ndede Siah, the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency Chairman, Benjamin Assabill, the Constituency Secretary Fuseini Amadu, and the Regional Representative for the constituency, Anthony Aidoo, from continuing any vetting or electoral activities.
They are also urging the court to bar the conduct of polling station elections or any related processes within the constituency until further notice.
According to the applicants, the ongoing preparations are being carried out in a manner they consider unfair and allegedly manipulated to favour certain individuals, raising concerns about internal party democracy and fairness.
The legal action effectively places a cloud of uncertainty over the timing of the constituency’s internal elections as tensions within the party continue to rise.
