Ghana Elections 2024: Burkina Faso Leader Ibrahim Traoré Congratulates John Dramani Mahama

• Burkina Faso's military leader has acknowledged John Dramani Mahama as Ghana's president-elect after the 2024 elections
• His message comes after Mahama's biggest contender, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party, conceded
• The military leader says he eyes a stronger partnership between Burkina Faso and its sister republic

The leader of Burkina Faso's ruling junta, Ibrahim Traoré, has congratulated John Dramani Mahama on becoming Ghana's president-elect after the 2024 general elections.

Ghana's Electoral Commission is set to announce the verdict in favour of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate.

This comes after Dr Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party, Mahama's strongest contender, conceded on Sunday, describing the NDC's win as decisive.

On social media, Ibrahim Traoré wrote,

"I extend my warmest congratulations to President John Dramani MAHAMA, for his resounding victory in the presidential election, this Saturday, December 7, 2024. I express the hope that his mandate as the head of the sister Republic of Ghana will see the strengthening of the age-old relations of good neighborliness between our two countries and that together we will build a stronger and better integrated sub-regional space for the happiness of our peoples."

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Last year, the military ruler called out Akufo-Addo about Burkina Faso's purported involvement with Russian mercenaries, Wagner group.

This came after Akufo-Addo asserted during a summit in Washington that Burkina Faso had engaged with the Wagner Group, promising to compensate the mercenaries with a mine.

Mr Traoré labeled Akufo-Addo's claims to be false and baseless.

See Ibrahim Traoré's post published on December 9 below.

Peter Obi congratulates Mahama

In a related story, YEN.com.gh reported that Nigeria's presidential candidate and leader of the Labour Party has congratulated John Dramani Mahama.

Peter Obi said Mahama's win was an example of democratic values and political maturity that the continent needs.

In his message, he admonished Mahama to leverage his second tenure as president to help inspire progress and unity across Africa.

Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh