{"id":54919,"date":"2016-12-09T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T05:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=54919"},"modified":"2016-12-09T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T05:31:00","slug":"ghana-election-opposition-candidate-nana-akufo-addo-sure-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ghana-election-opposition-candidate-nana-akufo-addo-sure-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Election: Opposition Candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo Sure of Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s opposition candidate Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday claimed victory<br \/>\nin the presidential election, despite the official results not yet being<br \/>\nreleased.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a rowdy crowd of New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters gathered<br \/>\nat his private residence, Akufo-Addo said he had defeated long-time rival<br \/>\nand incumbent John Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe the NPP are quietly confident that we have won a famous and historic<br \/>\nvictory,\u201d Akufo-Addo said, calling for his supporters to be patient and<br \/>\npeaceful while the electoral agency tallies the results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be an anxious time, I know, until the results are formally<br \/>\ndeclared, but we have been through this before and we should be able to go<br \/>\nthrough it again,\u201d Akufo-Addo said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will await the electoral commission to give us the formal, final details.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a time we will have to remain very calm and very focussed \u2014 the<br \/>\neyes of the world are on us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana closed most of its voting stations <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_467502515\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span> evening, but the<br \/>\nElectoral Commission has been slow to release the results, with local<br \/>\nmedia reporting that the NPP has secured the lead over Mahama\u2019s National<br \/>\nDemocratic Congress (NDC) party.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission said on Thursday evening that they had received<br \/>\npreliminary results from 90 of out 275 constituencies, but only published<br \/>\nthe results for 25 of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease be patient,\u201d commission head Charlotte Osei said at a press<br \/>\nconference. \u201cAccuracy is more important than speed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Election observers have called on the commission to publish the results<br \/>\nfaster in order to lay to rest suspicions that the vote may be rigged.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s opposition candidate Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday claimed victory in the presidential election, despite the official results not yet being released. 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