Mɛma wo show down!

Angry are those feel cheated, for they shall head to court.

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Chale News
December 10, 2024

Chale…you’ll think after the EC’s declaration everything will be cool but no, post-election stories are just getting juicer by the day. People dey come go court then things.

You ankasa check something:

  • Politics: Ebi Bright clinches Tema Central, but NPP’s Forson says, “Not so fast”—it’s about to be a legal showdown!

  • Politics: Bagbin’s giving TED Talk vibes as he congratulates Mahama, urging Ghanaians to join hands.

  • National: Ghana Police scoops up 89 election troublemakers.

  • National: Mahama’s pep talk: Smash expectations, not state property.

  • Politics: Soon and very soon, we’re going to see where $58 million went.

  • Fact of the Day: What was published today on this day?

  • Politics: As if losing her parliamentary seat to Rev. Kweku Addo of the NDC wasn’t enough, Ursula now has to deal with losing her property through theft.

  • Politics: CSI: Polling Stations. Dr. Omane Boamah drags the NPP for playing shady games.

QUICK BYTE

  • The 2024 parliamentary election brought drama and serious gbas gbos to Tema Central. NDC’s Ebi Bright finally cracked the code and won the seat with a tight 18,539 votes, beating NPP’s Charles Forson by just 118 votes. Forson isn’t buying it though—he’s crying foul and calling the declaration illegal, claiming the returning officer wasn’t even assigned to Tema Central. Want the deets in full? Check out the Deep Dive section.

  • Bro, the NDC was out here playing James Bond meets Inspector Bediako, sniffing out some shady moves during the 2024 elections. According to their Director of Election Monitoring, Dr. Omane Boamah, the governing NPP and a few sneaky EC folks allegedly tried flipping the election like a pancake. Full gist in the Deep Dive section.

  • You pay your friend to build you a mansion, and years later, all you get is a sketch on Instagram Stories. That’s basically Ghana’s vibe with the National Cathedral project. Started by the NPP government, it was supposed to be this majestic place of worship. Instead, $58 million went poof, and now we’re all standing here like, “Ei, is it spiritual warfare?” Joyce Bawa Mogtari isn’t having it. With Mahama's team stepping in, she’s promised to track down every cedi. Read more

  • The 2024 elections are over, but the drama is still serving Big Brother reunion vibes. The Ghana Police Service has been busy collecting suspects like Pokémon cards—89 of them in just two days! According to ACP Grace Ansah-Akrofi, 40 of these folks thought it was okay to vandalize state properties and loot. Read more

FACT OF THE DAY

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On this day in 1768, the Encyclopædia Britannica was first published in Edinburgh.

  • After securing a landslide W, Mahama is reminding his supporters not to turn state property into their personal venting outlet. Reports of vandalism at government offices have been flying in faster than Twitter hot takes. He also made it clear that this isn’t the time for all-night jam sessions and reckless street parades. “Be brief in your celebrations,” he warned, “because the expectation from Ghanaians is no child’s play.” Remember that scene in Avengers: Endgame when everyone was assembling for the final battle? His speech could be the soundtrack to that scene. Read more

  • Imagine walking into your office and realizing it’s been treated like a GTA mission. That’s Ursula Owusu-Ekuful’s Monday blues. Her Ablekuma West office got ransacked, with thieves making off with cash, a Nissan Hardbody, motorbikes, and even a printer—because why not? They left chaos behind, smashing CCTV cameras and doors. The timing? Sus. Read more

  • It’s official, people! Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has hopped on the congratulations train, giving Mahama his flowers for that massive election dub. He called Mahama’s victory “an affirmation of the will of the people,” which is political-speak for, “Chale, Ghanaians said what they said.” And we’re supposed to throw our differences into the gutter and back JM as he takes on the wahala of running this our Ghana. Read more

DEEP DIVE

Bright vs Forson: A showdown

Ebi Bright of the NDC finally got her “dream big” moment, snatching the Tema Central parliamentary seat. (Our good sis has been trying since 2016).This time, it wasn’t just her charming smile or catchy slogans; the numbers spoke: 18,539 votes to Charles Forson’s 18,421. The gap? A tiny 118 votes.

But Charles Forson isn’t giving up without a fight. He’s waving a red flag over the results, claiming John Nunoo, the guy who declared Ebi the winner, wasn’t supposed to be running the show in Tema Central but in Tema West. Forson has vowed to drag this all the way to court. Ebi might want to hold off on popping champagne just yet.

The voter turnout in Tema Central was lit, with people showing up like it was the Year of Return again. It’s no wonder emotions are running high—this seat has been a battlefield for years, and Ebi’s win flips the constituency for the NDC. If this was a football match, it’d be like a last-minute goal during injury time.

Meanwhile, the results for other hotly contested constituencies like Nsawam Adoagyiri and Techiman South are still hanging in the balance. It’s giving suspense, and Ghanaians are here for it. Read more

Meet Omane “James Bond” Boamah

From rogue ballot papers to mysteriously missing pink sheets, the drama was hotter than compound house drama. Dr. Omane Boamah spilled the tea, claiming the NPP and some Electoral Commission (EC) insiders were plotting like a Nollywood native doctor to “subvert the will of Ghanaians.”

What’s wilder? Over 500,000 ghost ballots magically appeared, like cobwebs in the corner of your room. Dr. Boamah’s squad wasn’t about to let that slide—they sent over 1,300 people to Ashanti and other hotspots to keep an eagle eye on the process. The result? Mahama took home the crown, and the EC got exposed faster than a meme on Ghana Twitter.

Turns out, some pink sheets (the holy grail of election evidence) were mishandled or just straight-up missing. Dr. Boamah even called EC boss Bossman Asare to demand they cross out unused sheets because, apparently, basic rules need reminders. Can you imagine? It’s giving “we can’t make this stuff up” vibes.

In the end, Dr. Boamah said all this drama isn’t just for headlines—it’s about reforming the EC into a body Ghanaians can actually trust. Because if elections were a TikTok challenge, this year’s would’ve been the one everyone failed at. Read more

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