2020 Polls: I Don’t Want Any Crooked Results – Akufo-Addo Tells EC As He Files Nomination
President Akufo-Addo has today October 6, 2020 filed his nomination to contest again as President of the Republic of Ghana.
In his company was the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and a few New Patriotic Party (NPP) officials.
Addressing the Electoral Commission after filing, the President called for a free and fair election devoid of any form of rigging. He urged the EC to make sure the results reflects the will of the Ghanaian people.
He stated, “Elections are not meant to be decided by you or the officials that work for you. You are the referees of the contest. The election is supposed to be decided by the people of Ghana and we are hoping that the arrangements that you have put in place will enable the Ghanaian people to manifest their will on the 7th of December and choose the next government of the fourth republic.”
“We hope that that will mark the conduct of the elections of 7th December. I am not in interested in any crooked results. I do not want to be a president elected by deceit. I look forward to a contest that will be fairly conducted, so that if, indeed, by the will of the almighty, I am again, the choice of the Ghanaian people, it will be one that has been freely and openly demonstrated,” he added.