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The National Democratic Congress (NDE) has asked the Ghana supreme court, sitting as a tribunal, to overturn the reelection of President Nana Akufo-Addo.

On December 9, Akufo-Addo, who ran for reelection on the platform of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was declared winner of the election after securing 6,730,430 votes ahead of former President John Mahama who polled 6,214,889 votes.

However, Mahama, NDE presidential candidate, rejected the results, claiming no candidate in the race secured the required number of votes to be declared winner.

According to Deutsche Welle (DW), the NDE filed the appeal at the country’s apex court on Wednesday.

This is not the first time an opposition party would challenge the presidential poll results in court. In 2012, the NPP petitioned the court to throw out then-president Mahama’s win.

Defeated candidates in the West African country usually concede during a presidential poll.

The opposition party is yet to make public its evidence of voter fraud it alleged was witnessed during the process.

The apex court is expected to hear the case beginning from next week and it has 42 working days from the start of a hearing to issue a decision.

Many world leaders including President Muhammadu Buhari have congratulated Akufo-Addo on his victory.