The NDC’s Acting Director of IT and Elections, Mahdi Jibril, has accused General Secretary aspirant Stephen Donkor of “playing to the gallery” during a dispute over his failure to complete the party’s online nomination process.
Donkor has alleged that his access PIN was changed without his permission, preventing him from finalising his bid to challenge incumbent General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey.
Jibril said he was not convinced by Donkor’s explanation and suggested the aspirant may have allowed another person to use his login details.
The NDC official was responding to claims that the party had deliberately created obstacles for Donkor’s candidacy. He said the circumstances would have been different if Donkor had not involved someone else in the process.
“But I want to believe that he himself knew what he was trying to do. And that is why he’s playing to this gallery of issues. But I believe sincerely, if you have not engaged anybody to do what he’s doing, we will not be getting to this point,” he said.
Jibril said the party’s online nomination platform includes a security system that alerts an aspirant’s registered telephone number whenever changes are made to their account or personal details.
According to him, Donkor received a replacement PIN on his phone and was instructed to use it to proceed with the nomination process.
The disagreement began after Donkor said his access credentials had been altered, leaving him unable to complete his application even though he had paid the GH¢80,000 filing fee.
Jibril disputed the suggestion that payment marked the end of the process. He explained that aspirants must still complete and submit Form A through the online platform before they can print the finalised nomination documents.
He said Donkor’s application had remained at draft stage because Form A had not been submitted.
Jibril also disclosed that Donkor had gone to the party’s headquarters seeking help with the online procedure. Party officials, he said, assisted him with the nomination process during that visit.
The Acting Director of IT and Elections therefore maintained that the incomplete application was not evidence that the party had blocked Donkor from contesting the General Secretary position. Instead, he said, the outstanding online submission meant the nomination had not been formally completed.
