Lariba Zuwera Abudu, the Gender, Children, and Social Protection Minister and incumbent Member of Parliament for Walewale, has initiated legal action against her opponent, Dr. Abdul-Karibu Tia Mahama, following her defeat in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primary.
In a bid to contest the election results after being surpassed by Dr. Tia Mahama, who serves as an economic advisor to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Lariba Zuwera Abudu filed a lawsuit against the outcome.
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Dr. Tia Mahama secured 343 votes, while the sitting MP gathered 334 votes in the primary held on Saturday, January 27, 2023.
On January 29, 2024, Lariba Zuwera Abudu submitted an ex-parte motion to a Tamale High Court, seeking to challenge the results of the primary. The court, in response, issued an order restraining Dr. Tia Mahama from holding himself out as the NPP’s parliamentary candidate-elect for the Walewale constituency.
“It is hereby ordered that the defendants are restrained herein, whether by themselves, their agents, assigns, workmen, and allies, from holding out the 1st defendants as the New Patriotic Party’s candidate-elect for the Walewale constituency for the 2024 parliamentary elections and or from submitting the name of the 1st defendant to the NPP National office as the candidate-elect in the 27th January 2024 New Patriotic Party parliamentary primaries for the Walewale constituency,” portions of the court order read.
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Other contestants in the primary included Tahir Sham-An, who received 145 votes, and Jangdow Mahama, securing 1 vote.
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