Mahama did not lose 2020 elections – Ofosu Ampofo

The former National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has revealed that John Dramani Mahama did not lose the 2020 general elections.

Despite the official electoral results and a subsequent Supreme Court ruling in favor of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Mr. Ampofo maintained that Mahama was the rightful winner.

On March 4, 2021, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a petition challenging the election results, citing a lack of merit.

Speaking to Umaru Sanda Amadu on ChannelOne TV, Mr. Ampofo expressed unwavering confidence in his belief that the former president had secured the win in the disputed election.

“I still believe that President Mahama never lost the 2020 elections, because if all things had gone the way it should go, we would have formed government.”

Mr Ampofo cited irregularities in the electoral process, including incidents in Ablekuma Central where he claimed NDC supporters were intimidated and brutalised by state security agencies.

He attributed the NDC’s ability to garner significant votes to the vigilance of their supporters, despite these challenges.

“Ablekuma Central for instance, in the process of declaration, so many things happened, but you know Accra is Accra, our people stood to their grounds.”

“Some had bullet wounds, and one person died, but they still insisted that they would do everything, the right thing. So, in Ablekuma Central we won the seat. If we had chickened out in the face of intimidation, we would have lost the seat. It’s a lesson, people were vigilant, if they were not, we wouldn’t have garnered all those numbers.

“But there are certain circumstances that are beyond your control. Especially when state security agencies who are supposed to ensure that they become impartial and decided to play to the gallery of the government of the day brutalising people here and there, then you have a challenge,” he said.