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Akufo-Addo displaces Mahama as Ghana’s President-elect

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Former Ghanaian foreign minister Akufo-Addo, who was making his third bid for the top job has emerged President-elect of Ghana after defeating President John Mahama in the country’s national election.

According to electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei, the 72-year-old New Patriotic Party (NPP) leader, Ghana’s main opposition, defeated President Mahama by 53.8 percent to 44.4 percent.

“It is my duty and my privilege to declare Nana Akufo-Addo as the president elect of Ghana,” Ossei told a news conference in the capital, Accra, on Friday.

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Prior to Osei’s announcement, Akufo-Addo said on Twitter that Mahama called him “congratulating me on winning the 2016 presidential election”.

Reacting to his victory while addressing a crowd of supporters outside his house, the NPP leader who had already claimed victory on Thursday, a day after elections took place said he will do all he can to meet the expectations of Ghanaians.

“I make this solemn pledge to you tonight: I will not let you down. I will do all in my power to live up to your hopes and expectations”.

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