The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared that it will go ahead with its Nkwanta North Constituency Executive Elections on Saturday, October 24, 2026, even though the High Court in Dambai, in the Oti Region, has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the exercise.
The court delivered its ruling on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, after concerns that certain individuals chosen or presented as branch executives were not legitimate representatives. The order forbids the party and its officials from submitting, certifying, using or relying on the register of branch executives, commonly called the delegates list, which was compiled after branch elections held in June and July 2026. It will stay in force until the suit is finally resolved or the court directs otherwise. The application was brought by Gmajobe Yaw and twenty two other members of the Nkwanta North Constituency against the NDC, the constituency chairman, Isaiah Kudjo Dordoe, and the chairman of the constituency election committee, Jonathan Makunaye.
Responding on Thursday, October 22, the party’s Acting Director of IT and Elections, Mahdi Jibrill, said the NDC had not been formally served with the order and was therefore continuing its preparations. Speaking in an interview with Sammie Wiafe on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News, he insisted that the party had received no official notice of the court’s decision. He stated that, according to the data available to him, no injunction had been placed on the party, that nobody had served it, and that party headquarters, under the general secretary, was running the constituency election, so the party knew the contest would take place.
Mr Jibrill acknowledged the right of members to seek legal redress, but argued that approaching a court would not automatically halt the party’s internal electoral processes. He remarked that nobody can prevent anyone from going to court, yet that this does not stop the election. He also urged members to familiarise themselves with the party’s internal electoral guidelines, arguing that constituency elections should follow its established rules.
He said the party’s figures showed that six per cent of the branches in Nkwanta North had taken part in the contest, while sixty three per cent of the constituency had advanced with the process. He maintained that, under party guidelines, delegate elections may continue once the required two thirds threshold is satisfied. He further accused some members of resorting to court action to disrupt the electoral process after failing to secure the results they wanted, although he said the party was ready to engage them and clarify the issues, and would listen to them and set aside time for them.
The injunction has thus placed the planned Nkwanta North Constituency executive elections in a legal dispute as the NDC prepares to hold the exercise on Saturday.
A few notes before publishing. To honour your instruction against the hyphen sign, I wrote “twenty two” and “sixty three” and “two thirds” as separate words. Your pasted text actually held two overlapping versions of the same story, so I merged them into one and removed the stray web page text, such as “Breaking News Alerts” and the embedded link. I also found two points that need your attention. First, the figures attributed to Mr Jibrill look inconsistent: sixty three per cent is below the two thirds threshold he cited, and the six per cent figure is unclear, so please check them against the Citi FM recording before publishing. Second, your earlier story named him as Mahdi Gibril, Director of Elections and IT, whereas this text spells it Jibrill and calls him Acting Director, so please confirm the correct spelling and title. The images above are the closest matches the search returned and do not show the Dambai ruling or the Nkwanta North exercise itself, so please verify their relevance, dates and licences before use. I would also have your legal desk review the claim that lack of formal service means the order does not apply, as I cannot confirm that point.
