Reports from Ghana indicate that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has won the nation’s presidential election.


Akufo-Addo is projected to be winner after results from 206 constituencies has shown that he has taken an overwhelming
lead over incumbent President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).


He is leading the presidential election, polling 5,513,357 votes ahead of Mahama who has 4,591,975.


Although the national electoral body has not officially declared the results, it has been widely reported that Akufo-Addo has won the presidency on his third attempt.


Recall that just like the case of former president Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria, Mahama, rose from being the vice president to the position of the president of Ghana in 2010, after the death of Attah Mills.


And after his tenure ended in 2012, Mahama contested and won the presidential poll for the first time.

This was his second time contesting in the election.


However, Akufo-Addo’s victory comes on the heels of demand from Ghanians yearning for change as a result of nation’s state of economy, Akufo-Addo’s NPP party also triumphed over Mahama’s NDC in parliamentary elections that also took place throughout Ghana on Wednesday, December 7.

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