On Thursday, 8th December 2016, Ghana’s main opposition party stated it had a strong lead in elections and therefore called on President John Mahama to accept defeat, comments dismissed as “treasonable” by the incumbent’s campaign team.

“These are results that were declared at the polling stations. I am calling on the president to concede defeat,’’ said NPP campaign chief, Peter Mac Manu.

According to the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo had won 52 per cent of the vote following its own tally of Wednesday’s presidential poll as against 44.8 per cent for Mahama.

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