Richard Nyamah
A Deputy Director of Communications for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Nyamah, has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its candidate, former President John Dramani Mahama, are only making empty threats about going to court to challenge the re-election of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
He said the NDC did not have the evidence needed to mount any successful legal challenge, and added that in reality their leaders were trying to hoodwink their rank and file by creating the impression that Mr. Mahama was cheated so that he could return to contest in 2024.
In an interview with DAILY GUIDE yesterday Mr. Nyamah dared the former President to proceed to court to challenge the results if he had any evidence that he won the election and the EC declared different results.
He described Mr. Mahama’s concerns over the 2020 polls as a ploy “to position himself as the automatic candidate of the NDC” in 2024.
“What they are doing is to have all those who would have contested him, like Prof. Joshua Alabi, his campaign manager, and Haruna Iddrissu, who they (NDC) are fighting for to be the Majority Leader in Parliament, to keep busy. NPP has its own issues with elections, and we are taking our case to court; but why can’t the NDC do same? I will put my political career on the line. I will quit politics if Mr. Mahama is able to go to court and successfully challenge the outcome of the presidential election,” Mr. Nyamah added.
Mr. Nyamah also took a swipe at the NDC, saying the party did not have a full compilation of its pink sheets for the 2016 elections.
“We were all told in 2013 by the Supreme Court that elections are won and lost at polling stations. Do you know that up to date, the NDC does not have a complete compilation of its 2016 pink sheets? There is nothing that ex-President Mahama can do today to come back as a President. Whether he likes it or not, he will stay another four years in opposition,” he said.