Commander-in-Chief of the Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah, has issued a serious warning to President John Dramani Mahama regarding any third-term ambition.
Ernesto Yeboah urged President Mahama to ignore calls urging him to run for a third term, arguing that such a move would lead to a fierce public resistance.
According to him, President Mahama will be forcefully removed if you seek a third term.
He highlighted that anyone pushing the President to seek a third term in office does not truly love Ghana.
”Anyone who truly loves Ghana would not suggest that President Mahama seek another term,” Yeboah stated.
”If Mahama wants to leave behind a lasting legacy, he should resist that temptation because any attempt will destroy it. Look at what nearly happened in Benin. President Mahama should be guided by that because it can happen here in Ghana”, he made this known on Rainbow Radio.
Ernest Yeboah stressed that a third-term agenda could lead to national chaos that might even force the President to flee the Flagstaff House.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama made a bold declaration that he will not be a candidate in Ghana’s next elections.
According to John Mahama, stepping aside in 2028 would give him the moral authority to hold the line when it comes to Ghana’s fiscal discipline in an election year.
Mahama, during a bilateral discussion with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, criticised the practice of incumbent governments by-passing fiscal safeguards to curry favour with voters, a cycle he will end.
“I will not be a candidate in the next elections, and therefore I can hold the line when it comes to fiscal discipline,” he said.
John Mahama’s declaration was meant to put an end to the growing speculation, but the talks have still persisted.
Additionally, Mahama Ayariga, the Majority Leader in Parliament, has said Ghanaians are calling for President John Dramani Mahama to serve a third term due to his excellent performance so far in government.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on December 19, 2025, Mahama Ayariga noted that Ghanaians will be the ultimate deciders of the future of this country.
The Majority Leader, in his concluding statement as Parliament rises, stated, “I know that due to the very excellent performance so far of John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaians are asking him to seek a third term. I know that because I read on social media, I listen to conversations, and Ghanaians believe that as a result of the good deeds of His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, they don’t want him to leave the presidency”.
“They believe that a third term is possible, and they are demanding a third term, but John Dramani Mahama has not given any indication that he wants to go for a third term. I have always said that Ghanaians will be the ultimate deciders of the future of this country,” he continued.
He recalled, “Mr Speaker, why do I say that? Next to us in Côte d’Ivoire, the opposition leaders came to me when I was in the ECOWAS parliament and complained that the president there wanted to go for a third term and they were calling on us in West Africa to support them to oppose and prevent the president from going for a third term”.
“So, I asked them, the president who is seeking for a third term, is he going to put a ballot box in front of the citizens and ask them to vote for him to go for a third term, or is he going to wake up early morning and announce that he is continuing for a third term? And they said there will be an election to determine whether or not he should go for a third term. I said go and fight him at that election”, the Majority leader noted.
Mahama Ayariga added, “Mr Speaker, that is why I say that ultimately it will be the constitution, the institutions and the citizens of Ghana who will determine the future of our country. Mr Speaker, your guidance and leadership have ensured that our legislative process, though often cumbersome, was conducted within the bounds of parliamentary decorum and democratic responsibility”.