Nana Akufo-Addo Wins Ghana Presidential Election

Hamilton Nwosa
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Reports from two popular private radio stations in Ghana say Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, has won the 2016 Presidential elections.

Nana-Addo won the election with an absolute majority over the ruling President, John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress, NDC.

The results, the station said were based on its count of 233 constituencies, out of 275.

Citi FM declared Akufo-Addo 54.97% based on 231 constituencies, whereas, Joy FM’s website shows that the opposition candidate is winning with 53.27% of the votes, while Mahama has 44.93 percent.

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