Lawyers representing three plaintiffs have asked Ghana’s Electoral Commission not to supervise any New Patriotic Party election in the Manhyia North Constituency, citing a High Court order issued in July.
Nana Obiri Boahen and Associates made the request in a letter dated Friday, November 6, addressed to the Commission’s Ashanti Regional Head in Kumasi. The official was not named.
Abigail Osei signed the letter as counsel for Bernard Amoah and two other plaintiffs. Copies were sent to NPP National Chairman John Boadu, General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong and Ashanti Regional Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah.
The lawyers referred to an order made by Justice Frederick Tetteh at the High Court in Kumasi on 2 July 2026. That order remains in force while the court considers a substantive application for an injunction.
The case, Bernard Amoah and two others v. the New Patriotic Party and four others, is being heard at High Court 7 in Kumasi under suit number E13/146/26.
According to the lawyers, the order prevents the defendants from conducting elections for constituency officers in Manhyia North. It also prohibits the entry and validation of data for the Constituency Executives Album for the constituency.
Ms Osei said her clients had received information that the defendants intended to proceed with the election despite the court order. She therefore called on Electoral Commission officers not to oversee any such process.
The letter warned: “any attempt to supervise any elections in the Manhyia North Constituency of New Patriotic Party amounts to contempt of court.”
A copy of the court proceedings from 2 July was attached to the correspondence. The lawyers also sent copies to the Ashanti Regional Police Commander and the Manhyia North Divisional Police Commander.
Officials responsible for the Electoral Commission’s regional and constituency electoral structures were also included among the recipients, as were officials of the party’s corresponding regional and constituency structures.
The Commission’s Ashanti regional office supervised the election in August at which Odeneho Kwaku Appiah was elected regional chairman.
Citi Newsroom published the letter on Friday night, although Nana Obiri Boahen and Associates has not released it publicly.
By Saturday morning, neither the Electoral Commission nor the New Patriotic Party had issued a public response.
John Boadu was elected national chairman on 3 October and has since assumed control of the party. The lawyers maintain that the July order continues to bind the defendants until the injunction application is determined.
