Joana Cudjoe Gyan
A Sekondi High Court has granted a motion to vacate the interlocutory injunction filed against Joana Cudjoe Gyan, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Amenfi Central constituency in the Western Region.
The court’s decision last Monday paved the way for musician, Keche’s wife to contest the 2024 parliamentary elections in the constituency.
Joana Gyan Cudjoe was initially disqualified by the Electoral Commission (EC) from contesting as the NDC candidate for Amenfi Central in this year’s Parliamentary election because of the court injunction, tied to the party’s parliamentary primary.
However, the NDC filed a fresh application at the Sekondi High Court seeking to overturn another court’s injunction that prevented Joana Gyan Cudjoe to be recognized as the NDC’s parliamentary candidate.
The NDC demanded that the EC restores Madam Cudjoe’s name on the notice of poll.
The move was also to help secure her place on the December 7 parliamentary ballot as the NDC’s candidate for Amenfi Central in the Western Region.
It followed the dismissal of an earlier application by an Accra High Court, in which the NDC sought to restrain the EC from printing ballots and the notice of poll, in defense of Cudjoe’s eligibility.
It would be recalled that the parliamentary primary of the opposition NDC in Amenfi West constituency saw Madam Gyan Cudjoe winning overwhelmingly.
However, some aggrieved party supporters filed an application for interlocutory injunction to temporarily restrain Madam Gyan Cudjoe from holding herself out as the duly elected candidate.
Subsequently, the NDC’s Functional Executive Committee annulled the primary and the party conducted fresh primary in the area on September 8, 2024.
Madam Gyan Cudjoe emerged victorious again, with the EC supervising the process.
The party asserted that the election superseded the earlier primary, rendering the earlier contest irrelevant and reinforced Madam Gyan Cudjoe’s legitimacy.
However, the EC disqualified Madam Gyan Cudjoe, citing the interlocutory injunction tied to the earlier primary which was cancelled.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi