'I'm also a human being and a Ghanaian' - Angry Akua Donkor vows to sue Mahama

The presidential candidate of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor, has threatened to file a lawsuit against former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama, demanding 2 trillion cedis in damages for allegedly making disparaging comments about her qualifications.

Speaking at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting in Accra on Tuesday, Akua Donkor voiced her displeasure over what she described as derogatory remarks about her qualifications for the 2024 presidential election.

She expressed concerns that such comments undermine her candidacy and credibility as a contender in the upcoming election.

I am going to sue him for two trillion. Did he give me money to form my party? I didn't even know him at the time. Why would he say that they shouldn't have qualified me? Why, am I not a human being?

And am I not from Ghana? I am telling you that! am taking him to court. EC, her deputies, I will provide you with a letter. I am also a human being from Ghana.

His representative who just spoke, you heard him saying that some of us who came here should not have even been allowed to come here. He will prove that in court.’’ She said.

On Sunday, October 13, former President John Mahama criticized the Electoral Commission for disqualifying the People's National Convention (PNC) flagbearer from the 2024 election. Speaking at a durbar in Nabullo, Sissala East, in the Upper West Region, Mahama argued that some candidates allowed to contest lack the political stature of Bernard Mornah, whom he considers a more formidable competitor in the race. He expressed concerns that Mornah's disqualification undermines the integrity of the electoral process.

The PNC is a more worthy party than several parties that I see on the ballot paper, but that is the issue with the EC. Sometimes they are discriminatory because there are some people on this ballot paper who Bernard Mornah qualifies more to be here than them he said.

Although he did not explicitly name anyone, Akua Donkor insisted that former President John Mahama was referring to her in his criticism of the Electoral Commission’s decision to disqualify certain candidates.

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