The New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) is ready to carry the rerun of the Walewale Parliamentary Primaries on Sunday, September 8, 2024.
The Tamale Excessive Court docket nullified the outcomes of the sooner primaries necessitating contemporary elections.
In a press release signed and launched by NPP Common Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong, on Monday, September 2, 2024, the occasion introduced that nominations will likely be opened on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, for aspirants and anticipated to shut on Thursday, September 5, 2024.
Within the earlier primaries held on January 27, 2024, Dr. Tiah Abdul-Kabiru, a 35-year-old particular advisor to the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, fiercely contested the incumbent Member of Parliament, Hajia Lariba and others.
The election, which befell underneath stringent safety measures and was attended by regional and constituency executives, resulted in a victory for Dr. Kabiru with 345 votes, in comparison with the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Hajia Lariba Zuweratu’s 338 votes.
Within the major, two different candidates, Tahiru Sham-Una and Jangdoo Mahama, acquired 145 and 1 vote, respectively.
Nonetheless, Hajia Lariba challenged the election outcomes and lodged an ex parte movement on the Tamale Excessive Court docket, accusing the occasion, Dr Kabiru, and the Electoral Fee of irregularities and misconduct.
Initially, the NPP, as a 3rd defendant, sought to have the case dismissed, alleging that Hajia Lariba had breached the occasion’s structure by refusing to utilise inside battle decision mechanisms earlier than resorting to the courtroom.
Consequently, the Tamale Excessive Court docket granted a plea by the New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) to resolve the problems associated to the Walewale constituency parliamentary major out of courtroom.
The NPP famous that settling the case out of courtroom could be one of the simplest ways to maintain peace and unity within the occasion forward of the 2024 normal elections and pledged to return to the courtroom for a ultimate verdict.
Nonetheless, the events concerned couldn’t agree on an amicable resolution, prompting the courtroom to settle the matter.
Discover the assertion on the primaries under;
