Election Petition: Mahama files motion to correct 'mistake'

The NDC's presidential candidate for the 2020 elections, John Dramani Mahama has filed a motion for the Supreme Court to allow him correct an ‘error’ in his election petition challenging the outcome of the polls.

As carried in article by the ' DailyGraphic' Mahama's motion for amendment is seeking the permission of the apex court to correct a mistake in relief (f) of the election petition.

In the election petition filed on December 30, last year, the first respondent (1st) was the Electoral Commission (EC), with the second respondent (2nd) being President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

However, relief (f) wants the court to order the EC to conduct a second election between Mahama and the first respondent, which as stated in the petition turns out to be the EC.

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Relief (f) is seeking “an order of mandatory injunction directing the first respondent to proceed to conduct a second election with petitioner and first respondent as the candidates as required under Articles 63(4) and (5) of the 1992 Constitution”.

The petition is also seeking an order of injunction restraining President Akufo-Addo from holding himself as the President-elect - an error that former President Mahama wants to correct.

The Supreme Court is expected to hear the motion for amendment on Thursday, January 14, this year.