The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Eastern Regional Youth Organiser, Richard Kwadwo Nyarko, has filed a lawsuit at the High Court in Koforidua seeking to prevent the party’s National Youth Organiser, George Opare Addo, from voting at the upcoming Eastern Regional Youth Conference scheduled for Friday, November 13, 2026, at Mpraeso in the Kwahu area.
In a writ of summons and an application for interlocutory injunction filed on November 12, 2026, Mr Nyarko is challenging the inclusion of Mr Opare Addo in the delegates’ album for the regional youth conference.
The plaintiff argues that although Mr Opare Addo hails from the Eastern Region and qualifies to vote at the NDC’s general Regional Party Conference as a member of the National Executive Committee, his position as National Youth Organiser does not automatically make him eligible to vote at the Regional Youth Conference.
According to the court documents, Mr Nyarko contends that Article 19(4) of the NDC Constitution clearly defines the categories of persons eligible to vote at the Regional Youth Conference, including the Regional Youth Organiser, Deputy Regional Youth Organisers, constituency youth organisers, their deputies, and representatives elected at constituency youth conferences.
He maintains that the National Youth Organiser is not among the categories listed under the provision.
The plaintiff further argues that Article 18(5)(c), which grants members of the National Executive Committee who hail from a particular region voting rights at the general Regional Party Conference, cannot be relied upon to confer voting rights at the Regional Youth Conference.
Mr Nyarko is therefore asking the court to declare the inclusion of Mr Opare Addo as an eligible voting delegate unlawful, null and void.
He is also seeking an order directing the NDC, its Eastern Regional Election Committee and the Electoral Commission to exclude Mr Opare Addo’s name from the delegates’ album and restrain him from obtaining accreditation, receiving a ballot or casting a vote at the conference.
In the application for interlocutory injunction, the plaintiff argues that allowing the National Youth Organiser to vote could affect the integrity of the election because a ballot cast through a secret voting process may not be identifiable and removed from the final count if the court subsequently rules against his eligibility.
The plaintiff says the matter requires urgent judicial intervention to protect the voting rights of delegates recognised under the party’s constitution.
The defendants named in the suit are George Opare Addo, the National Democratic Congress, the Chairman of the NDC Eastern Regional Election Committee and the Eastern Regional Director of the Electoral Commission.
The suit invokes Article 55(5) of the 1992 Constitution, which requires the internal organisation of political parties to conform to democratic principles.
The case comes just a day before the scheduled Eastern Regional Youth Conference on November 13, setting the stage for a potential legal dispute over the eligibility of delegates and the interpretation of the NDC’s constitutional provisions governing the election.
The court is yet to determine the application.
