Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has revealed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC), before the Akwatia by-election, reached out for their data on Akwatia.
According to Mussa Dankwa, the NDC used their data to flip 5 areas in Akwatia where the NPP was leading.
Speaking to Kafui Day in an exclusive interview shared on social media, Mussa Dankwa detailed, “NDC did in the last before the election, they wanted to see the entire election by electoral area, which areas they have lost. This is when we did the last poll, which came on Friday. Somebody reached out to me on Saturday because we had published only ten electoral areas, and they wanted the entire thing.
We gave it to them free of charge; we didn’t charge them because that was just public data we wanted to share”.
He added, “So they knew where the NPP was leading, and where they were leading and even places where people were undecided. NDC came for the date and went to the areas where they were undecided. NPP was leading with 12, NDC was leading in 9 in the final poll.
Mussa Dankwa further revealed that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s visit to Kusi did not help the NPP, as they were already losing the area.
“When the election was done, the NDC had gone to flip 5 of the 12 that the NPP was holding, using the data. Remember, Bawumia went to Kusi, which was an NPP area, but his visit didn’t help; they lost Kusi”, he added.
Meanwhile, Mussa Dankwa had said he would have been taken to the slaughterhouse if he got his projections for the Akwatia by-elections wrong.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, September 3, Mussa Dankwa stated, “I knew I would have been taken to the slaughterhouse. They were preparing to take me there to finish me if I got this wrong”.
He further warned Ghanaian politicians that Ghana’s electoral demography has changed.
“The word here is poll, fair game, research, and science. Gone are the days when elections are won on propaganda, emotions, insults, or just anything. All the parties must realise that the demography of people who are voting in Ghana today has dramatically changed.
Over 70% of people who vote in Ghana today are below 35 years old. That is something that they must appreciate and understand the implications of the same,” Mr Dankwa explained.
He added, “These people are well-connected, are on social media, and will be quick to fact-check you. If they fact-check you and realise that you are telling lies, that is your end”.
Mussa Dankwa, in a separate interview, also revealed that getting his poll right for the Akwatia by-election was more difficult than the 2024 general election.
According to Mussa Dankwa, he is close to tears after his poll on the Akwatia by-election has been vindicated after the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) victory.
Mussa Dankwa was quoted by GHOne TV to have stated, “Getting Akwatia right was more difficult than the 2024 general election, I’m close to tears”.
He was once again vindicated when Bernard Bediako Baidoo of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) was confirmed the winner of the Akwatia by-election by the Electoral Commission.
The NDC candidate delivered a crucial victory for the Mahama-led government in a tight, contested election.
The Electoral Commission’s certified results, the NDC’s Bernard Bediako Baidoo secured 18,199 votes of the total valid votes cast, with the NPP’s Kwame Asumadu garnering 15,235 votes.
The Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Owusu Patrick, trailed far behind with 82 votes.
In all, 33,819 total ballots were cast, while 303 were rejected.
Watch the video below:
The NDC came for data from us before the Akwatia By-Election and went on to flip 5 out of the 12 places where the NPP were leading – @MKDankwah
— Kafui Dey (@KafuiDey) September 16, 2025
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