Ballot papers and voter registers have reportedly been destroyed in the Bunkpurugu Constituency after tensions erupted during the New Patriotic Party’s polling station executive elections, despite a court injunction halting the exercise.
The disturbances occurred after party officials allegedly proceeded with the elections even though the High Court in Nalerigu had earlier restrained the NPP from conducting the polls in the constituency for 10 days.
The injunction followed a suit filed by Konlan Yenuyiab and 16 others, who challenged the process over the alleged wrongful disqualification of some aspirants and claimed breaches of the party’s internal rules and principles of natural justice.
The court ruled that allowing the elections to go ahead could cause irreparable harm and potentially render any future judgment ineffective.
However, tensions reportedly escalated at some polling centres when aggrieved party members protested the decision to continue with the elections in defiance of the court order.
The confrontation led to the destruction of electoral materials, including ballot papers and voter registers.
The development comes despite assurances from the NPP leadership that the party was fully prepared for the nationwide polling station elections scheduled to run from May 10 to May 16, 2026.
Speaking ahead of the exercise, Deputy General Secretary of the party, Haruna Mohammed, said all committees and party structures were ready and that the party had received positive feedback from constituencies across the country.
