Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has warned Mohammed Umar Sanda, a former party member who is contesting the Ayawaso East by-election as an independent candidate.
The NDC chairman urged Umar Sanda to rescind his decision or face consequences.
According to Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, Umar Sanda has until Sunday to withdraw from contesting the Ayawaso East by-election or face an 8-year ban if he decides to come back to the NDC.
Speaking at a rally in Nima, Asiedu Nketiah stated, “We are giving him from today until Sunday. If he wants to repent, he should come to the Sunday rally and publicly declare that he has changed his mind so that we can receive and forgive him.
“But once the election is over and he decides to return to the party, he can stay for eight years without getting the opportunity to contest for any position.”
He further added, “If you are sick and you are injected, you may survive if you are lucky, but if you are not lucky, you may die. Once it happens, it happens. After the election, he cannot come back to contest anything in the party for about eight years.”
Also, Malik Basintale, the Deputy National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stormed Nima in the Ayawaso East constituency to support Baba Jamal ahead of the by-election on March 3, 2026.
In a viral video shared by X Ghana, Malik Basintale and his 5,000 supporters, together with the Green Army, stormed Nima to campaign for Baba Jamal.
Malik Basintale, in a viral video, is heard chanting, “We will win, we will win”.
Meanwhile, Pressure Group Democracy Hub has filed a lawsuit at the High Court in Accra seeking to halt the upcoming Ayawaso East parliamentary by-election.
According to the Democracy Hub, NDC’s Ayawaso East primaries were characterised by widespread vote buying, inducement, and monetisation, which they argued undermines democratic principles enshrined in Ghana’s 1992 Constitution.
The Democracy Hub lawsuit stems from the alleged vote-buying during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries held on February 7, 2026.
The pressure group lists NDC as the first defendant, with the Electoral Commission (EC) as the second, and the Attorney-General as the third.
Democracy Hub is seeking the High Court to quash the EC’s recognition of Baba Jamal as the NDC candidate and to restrain the Commission from accepting or acting on his nomination, calling for a fresh primary to be conducted in accordance with democratic principles.
Parts of the suits read, “An order of mandamus directed at the 2nd Defendant to refuse to accept or act upon the nomination of the said candidate unless and until a primary conducted in accordance with democratic principles is held.”
“A declaration that the parliamentary primary conducted by the 1stDefendant for the Ayawaso East Constituency, having been found to have been characterised by widespread vote buying, inducement and monetisation, did not conform to the democratic principles required under Article 55(5) of the Constitution, and that the continued reliance on the outcome thereof and the presentation of a candidate founded on that process constitute actions contrary to and inconsistent with the Constitution in violation of section 9 of the Political Parties Act, 2000 (Act 574).”