Accra – Ghana’s main opposition party on Thursday said it had a strong lead in elections and called on President John Mahama to concede defeat, while comments dismissed as “treasonable” by the incumbent’s campaign team.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) said its candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, had won 52 per cent of the vote according to its own tally of Wednesday’s presidential poll, against 44.8 per cent for Mahama.

The Electoral Commission said it had not certified any results in the closely fought race to lead the West African nation that has seen a series of peaceful transfers of power. However, figures shown by television and radio stations showed the opposition making gains in both races.

Akufo-Addo and Mahama “These are results that were declared at the polling stations. I am calling on the president to concede defeat,’’ NPP campaign chief Peter Mac Manu said.

A senior official for the ruling party, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, countered that Mahama was “comfortably ahead” and asked his supporters to remain calm. “The results are still trickling in and the call and declaration by the NPP is irresponsible and treasonable because it can throw this country into chaos,’’ he added. Ghana is one of Africa’s most stable democracies and voters have rejected the government of the day twice since 2000.

Until 2014, the country also had one of Africa’s most dynamic economies, though growth has slowed in part due to a fall in the price of its commodity exports.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/ghana-election-opposition-calls-john-mahama-concede-vote-defeat/

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Hmmmm, change in Ghana. Hope it would be genuine

Ghanians would not like to go through what we are going through now

Ghananians should take am easy o our own Change don turn to scam make them no emulate this Buhari change scam of a thing. Nigerians are learning the hard way now....we cant wait for 2019 ..... to vote this scammer out.

But is it that difficult for Africans to build Africa??....


I'm just wondering.

okosodo:
Ghanians would not like to go through what we are going through now

don't be closed minded, not every change will result in catastrophe like what buhari is doing to Nigeria
who knows, this guy might be alright

walescounis:
But is it that difficult for Africans to build Africa??....


I'm just wondering.

of course it is. we don't really like each other at all
so we can't work together to accomplish anything meaningful or historic because the hatred we have for each other is ingrained in our DNA. it's really sad. we are more racist towards each other than even the whites are to us.

if you're in doubt, open a biafran thread