NDC Primaries: Dr Duffuor Withdraws Injunction Suit From High Court

• Dr Kwabena Duffuor has withdrawn the injunction case he filed against the NDC primary over alleged discrepancies in the party's delegates list
• The flagbearer hopeful withdrew the case through his lawyers when the case was called on May 12, 2023, at the Accra High Court
• Abraham Amiliba, NDC lawyer, commended Dr Duffuor for agreeing to withdraw the case for an amicable settlement of his grievances

The injunction case filed against the NDC primaries has been withdrawn, paving the way for the process to elect presidential and parliamentary candidates for the 2024 general elections to be held.

Dr Kwabena Duffuor, one of the NDC flagbearer aspirants, withdrew the case from the Accra High Court on Friday, May 12, 2023.

He filed the injunction case earlier this week citing discrepancies in the opposition party's delegates list, among others.

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No objection from lawyers for 5 Plaintiffs

When the case was called on May 12, 2023, lawyers for Dr Duffuor announced in a surprise move that they have directed by their client to have the case withdrawn.

When the court asked the lawyers for the Plaintiffs - John Dramani Mahama, The Electoral Commission, the General Secretary of the NDC, the Director of Elections for the NDC, and Kojo Bonsu - for their reaction they did not object.

This means that the EC will return and take up the responsibility of organising the NDC primaries after pulling out over the injunction suit.

Dr Duffuor's magnanimity commended

Speaking to journalists after the case was withdrawn, NDC director of legal affairs Abraham Amaliba said the move by the Duffuor campaign team is commendable.

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He said with the withdrawal of the injunction suit, the NDC will be going into the presidential and parliamentary primaries as a united party.

Amaliba thanked Dr Duffuor for his magnanimity in accepting to withdraw the matter from the court, the party's National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary, Fiifi Kwetty, and the party's Council of Elders for Friday's outcome.

Duffuor will be punished by NDC delegates for injunction suit

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh has reported in a related story that an NDC MP has said there are rife signs that Dr Kwabena Duffuor will be punished severely by party delegates who will vote in the presidential primaries.

Clement Apaak said delegates see the injunction writ filed by Dr Duffuor as an act of disloyalty.

Dr Duffuor went to the High Court to stop the May 13 primaries, citing discrepancies with the delegates list that would be used in the voting.

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Source: YEN.com.gh