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Ghana's supreme court orders check of opposition's evidence to challenge election results


ACCRA,- Ghana's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a recounting of the collation sheets submitted by the opposition as evidence to challenge the 2012 presidential election results.

The order followed a request by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the collation sheets submitted by petitioners fell far short of the 11,842 pieces they claimed.

NDC's counsel Tsatsu Tsikata requested the court to allow a head count of all the collation sheets, a plea that was also supported by Tony Lithur, counsel for President John Dramani Mahama, and James Quarshie-Idun, head of the legal team of the National Electoral Commission (EC).

The court has appointed an accounting firm, KPMG, with the consent of all parties, to conduct the recounting. But it is not clear when the recounting will start.

President Mahama was declared re-elected by EC two days after the Dec. 7 presidential election.

According to the Commission, Mahama took 50.7 percent of the vote, narrowly avoiding a run-off against his closest rival Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who took 47.7 percent.

Citing irregularities in the new biometric voting system, NPP has requested the EC to nullify the results.

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