The High Court in Kumasi has restrained the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from conducting, organising, supervising, facilitating or processing its Ashanti Regional Executive Elections scheduled for Saturday, August 15, 2026.
The order follows a suit filed by 19 plaintiffs who are challenging their exclusion from the appropriate voter register/electoral album for the elections.
In an interim injunction dated August 13, 2026, the court ordered the NPP to halt the elections until the names of the plaintiffs are restored or included in the appropriate voter register to enable them to participate and vote.
The plaintiffs are Kwaku Ofosu, Asare Bediako Obeng, Osei Bediako Appau, Habila Yakubu, Antiedu Richmond, Awai Alhassan, Adomako George, Haruna Fuseini, Boadi Samuel, Augustine Max Anokye, Ofori Frimpong Manso Ernest, Collins Aboagye, Agyenim Richard Boateng, Kwasi Thomas Dame, Sakina Serwaa, Eunice Akoto, Ayuba Sadick, Maud Abankwah and Bernard Agyemang.
The defendants/respondents in the case are the Acting National Chairman of the NPP, the General Secretary of the party, the National Director of ICT, the Ashanti Regional Steering Committee and the Ashanti Regional Director.
The order was issued in Suit No. GJ12/102/2026 by the High Court in Kumasi, presided over by High Court Judge Justice Osman Abdul-Hakeem.
According to the court document, the application was supported by an affidavit sworn to and filed by Kwame Ofosu of the Afigya Sekyere East Constituency in the Ashanti Region on July 13, 2026.
The court, after hearing Frank Pinto Amartey, appearing for Pius Kwado Asare, counsel for the plaintiffs/applicants, granted the application for an interim injunction.
The court further ordered that the injunction would remain in force for 10 days from August 13, 2026, pending the final determination of the substantive action before the court.
The order was signed by the Registrar of the High Court, Kumasi, George Anafo.
The injunction means the NPP’s planned Ashanti Regional Executive Elections cannot proceed on August 15 unless the court order is otherwise varied or the affected names are restored as directed.
