Ghana Elections: Baba Sadiq Declares Victory As The Next Okaikwei Central MP, EC Officials Confirm

• Collation at the Okaikwei Central constituency where Baba Sadiq was facing incumbent Patrick Yaw Boamah has been completed
• The National Democratic Congress's Baba Sadiq was certain he would become the next member of parliament
• The announcement was delayed after both candidates declared themselves winners.

The election process in the Okaikwei Central constituency was delayed after the National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate Baba Sadiq and the incumbent MP Patrick Yaw Boamah declared themselves winners.

The entertainment industry and media mogul claimed to have beaten the constituency's incumbent MP, Patrick Yaw Boamah, of the New Patriotic Party.

He declared himself victorious on social media as Ghanaians await the official results from the Electoral Commission.

On December 8, the MP hopeful's loyalists were seen hailing Baba Sadiq after pouring powder on him. He also visited the supreme spiritual leader of Ghana's Muslim community, Sheikh Nuhu Sharubutu, to showcase his victory.

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The next day, tension arose in the constituency as several NDC top executives, including Peter Otokunor, stormed the collation centre to mount pressure on the EC officials for the announcement.

The entertainment mogul has now been announced by EC officials as the next MP for Okaikwei Central, a constituency that used to be a safe seat for the NPP.

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Earlier, YEN.com.gh also previously reported that Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré had joined politicians worldwide acknowledging John Dramani Mahama as Ghana's president-elect.

The leader of the country's ruling junta described Mahama's win as a resounding victory, which he hopes would help strengthen relations between Ghana and Burkina Faso.

Source: YEN.com.gh