Samuel Apea-Danquah, leader of the Yellow Ghana movement, has condemned the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to disqualify him and other presidential candidates from contesting the 2024 elections, calling it disrespectful.
Apea-Danquah and the 10 other disqualified candidates have indicated plans to sue the EC in a bid to have their names reinstated on the December 7 ballot.
In an interview on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News, Apea-Danquah refuted the EC’s claim that he was disqualified for failing to submit his running mate’s tax certificates, calling the reason untrue and highly disrespectful.
“We delivered hard copies and so I don’t even know where this is coming from and to blatantly lie on national television to embarrass us to that extent, we feel so disrespected,” the disgruntled candidate told the host of Eyewitness News, Umaru Sanda Amadu.
“The EC lied. I am a very thorough person. We submitted my running mate’s tax clearance certificates. I sent a copy via WhatsApp and delivered a hard copy to the EC myself and it is so embarrassing because it paints us as very unserious people, as though we just decided to vie for the presidency. After all, we have some loose money lying somewhere,” he painfully added.
Samuel Apea-Danquah was disqualified along with Bernard Mornah of the People’s National Convention (PNC) and Janet Nabla of the People’s National Party (PNP).
The other candidates include Nana Stephens Adjepong, Paul Perkoh, James Kwesi Oppong, John Enyonam Kwakwu Kpikpi, Dr Samuel Sampong Ankrah, Nii Amu Darko, Desmond Abrefah, and Kofi Asamoah Siaw (Progressive People’s Party).
