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Breaking: Opposition Party's Candidate Akufo-Addo, Wins Ghana Presidential Election

Looks like the battle is over in Ghana's Presidential Elections and it is breathtaking. Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has won Ghana’s presidential election with an absolute majority over incumbent President John Mahama, two influential private radio stations has announced today being Friday 9th, December 2016.

Ghana's main opposition leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, has won the West African country's presidential election with an absolute majority over President John Mahama, two influential private radio stations said on Friday. Ghana is a beacon of democracy in a region that has seen a series of civil wars and coups with a record of peaceful elections in which power has alternated between two main parties.

Joy FM's website showed Akufo-Addo winning 53.27 percent of the vote and Mahama on 44.93 percent, based on its count of 233 constituencies out of 275 in total. Citi FM gave Akufo-Addo 54.97 percent based on 231 constituencies.

If confirmed, the results would represent a bigger margin of victory than either party has achieved in recent elections and validate Akufo-Addo who lost by narrow margins in 2008 and 2012. Mahama appealed for calm and told his supporters he would respect the outcome of Wednesday's vote whether he won or lost, in comments aimed at defusing tension ahead of the release of official results expected Saturday.

In Mahama's words:

"I want to assure the nation that we will respect the outcome of the election, positive or negative, and so let us just be calm," he told supporters gathered outside his house".

His campaign chief said on Friday the party lost many parliamentary seats but hopes to win the presidency. The country is eagerly awaiting official results but Ghana Electoral Commissioner Charlotte Osei said they would be announced by Saturday once technical issues had been resolved.

More updates to follow.....



http://www.exlinklodge.com/2016/12/breaking-news-opposition-partys.html

Updates:...............

Ghana's incumbent President, John Mahama has conceded defeat in Wednesday's national election to opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo, several sources said on Friday. The concession quelled tensions at the end of a day in which independent voting tallies showing an Akufo-Addo victory in the presidential and parliamentary election had been broadly accepted but there were no official results.

"The call (from Mahama) came just a few minutes ago," Boakye Agyarko, a senior aide to Akufo-Addo, told Reuters.

Supporters of Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party (NPP) broke into cheers and dancing his residence in the capital Accra when news of the call broke on local media. Car horns blared and fireworks erupted across the city, witnesses said.

http://www.exlinklodge.com/2016/12/breaking-news-opposition-partys.html

Day don break oh

Waiting for the TB Josh guys with their comments

I sympathise with J. Mahama. I wish he won.
Congratulations to nana ado!
West africa has shown how unique it is on this continent. While W-africans chose to use the ballot to kick leaders out, the north africans chose 'aggressive' revolution and we know the result.

Dem don CHANGE

Since 2015, opposition don dey win, abi na only me dey see am Naija, US, Gambia and now, Ghana

Africa embracing CHANGE and rejecting letter J.
From good luck (J)onathan to Gambian Yahya (J)ammeh and now mahama (J)ohn.
Hmmm! (J)acob zuma is next O!

Ghanians, u dey vote change?

Seems you guyz are playing with fire

Congratulations to Buhari

change is coming to ghana

Ma Nigga

Opposite people everywhera
Gambia to Ghana to Naija
Opposite folks everywhere

Change has come to Ghana. Hopefully, it won't end in a recession n hp d winner is not a dullard as we have here

did mahama already call nana??

Let them enjoy their CHANGE without any regret.


Naija, God bless GEJ!

That's 'Change'

who the hell cares?
get this shiiit out of my front page

Congrats to our Ghanians Friends.


Hope your own version of CHANGE is real.

Congratulations to the President-elect.

Nigeria has transfered the practice of releasing election results to the public before the authorised electoral body through the social media to ghanians.


people should wait for the electoral body in charge to annouce result

kabayomi:
Waiting for the TB Josh guys with their comments

Anyone "he supported" will always lose
No doubt about that

It's the season. It's sweeping across not just Africa, but the entire world.

They will understand what change means very soon....

Good.

Too much similarity with Nigeria.

Opposition leader Akufo-Addo of NPP is 72 years old, Buhari was 72 when he got elected.

Akufo-Addo is trying for the fourth time (edited: third time), Buhari tried and got his the fourth time.

Mahama took over after his Boss John Atta Mills Died. (RIP Sir) , GEJ too took over after Yar'Adua's Demise. (RIP Sir)

Good one.

Heard Mahama has conceded defeat. Hope Buhari will be willing to do same in 2019

Hmm