The Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, is set to make a statement on the floor of the House over the violent incidents that occurred during the recent rerun of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Ablekuma North Constituency.

The Ablekuma North parliamentary election rerun took place on July 11, 2025, in 19 polling stations to resolve disputes from the December 2024 general election. The Electoral Commission (EC) ordered the rerun due to irregularities, including missing signatures on pink sheets and the destruction of original result sheets during violent disruptions at collation centers.

The contest was between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Ewurabena Aubynn, and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie. Initially, the NPP announced a boycott, claiming Afriyie had won the original election by 414 votes, but Afriyie defied the party’s directive and participated.

The NDC’s Ewurabena Aubynn won the rerun with 34,090 votes against Afriyie’s 33,881, securing a historic victory for the NDC in a traditionally NPP-held constituency since 1996.

The rerun was marred by violence, particularly at the St. Peter’s Society Methodist Church polling station in Odorkor.

Unidentified men, perceived to be sympathizers of the NDC, stormed polling stations in coordinated attacks and assaulted several NPP members, including a former NPP MP.

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