Lower Manya Krobo Municipality District Level Elections have been postponed by the Electoral Commission (EC).

“The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that the Lower Manya Krobo District Level Elections slated for Tuesday 17th January 2023 has been adjourned,” a statement issued by the EC and signed by its Chairperson Jean Adukwei Mensa said.

Following a request for an injunction by two teenagers, the EC postponed the polls.

In a statement, the commission explained, “This has become necessary due to an Application for injunction filed against the Electoral Commission at the High Court in Koforidua,”

The freshly turned 18-year-olds Angel Agyeman and Michael Tetteh claimed that the EC had breached their constitutional right to vote in district-level elections in accordance with Article 33 of the 1992 Constitution.

The adolescents claim that after they turned 18, the EC did not hold a registration drive to allow them to sign up for the elections.

In order to prevent the District Level Elections from taking place, the youngsters applied for an interlocutory injunction.

Prior to the matter's resolution, a High Court restraining order prevented the EC and its agent from carrying out the elections that were initially scheduled for today, January 17, 2023.