An Accra Fast Track High Court has adjourned an application seeking an interlocutory injunction on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) congress on October 18.
The Congress will give the party an opportunity to elect its flagbearer to lead the party in the 2016 general elections but two members of the party; Rexford Agyei Frimpong and Oppong Kyekyeku are seeking an order against the National Council to comply with the provision of the NPP constitution and fix a new date for the congress.
Counsel for the two, pleaded for more time to study the NPP’s response to their application.
[contextly_sidebar id=”OJ16E7QNWpvGpEAH3FUceBdF3yLioeSn”]The court application follows calls from flagbearer aspirants Alan Kyerematen and Addai Nimoh that the party’s leadership to reconsider the date for the congress.
The two said that the October 18 date will not give them ample time to reach the over 140,000 delegates across the country.
Responding to the calls by the two flagbearer aspirants, Nana Akufo-Addo’s camp said that they don’t agree with the arguments from the two candidates because according to them, the situation is like a “90 minutes football game, we all have the same time to compete and win.”
Alan Kyeremanten has begun his campaign tour in the Northern Region despite the court case filed by the two party members.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana