KT Hammond to Pay GH¢60,000 as Election Petition Falls Flat at Obuasi High Court
- K.T. Hammond's Adansi Asokwa constituency election petition was dismissed by the Obuasi High Court
- Hammond lost the Adansi Asokwa seat to Dorani in the 2024 parliamentary elections by 954 votes
- The former Minister filed a petition at the Obuasi High Court on January 15, 2025, challenging the outcome
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The election petition filed by Kobina Tahiru Hammond, popularly known as K.T. Hammond, has been dismissed by the Obuasi High Court in the Ashanti Region.
Justice Kwabena Twumasi, the presiding judge, struck out the case, describing the petition as a waste of the court’s time.
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3News reported that the judge also imposed costs of GH¢60,000 on the former legislator,
The petition challenged the victory of Godwin Animli Dorgbadzi Dorani in the 2024 Adansi Asokwa parliamentary election.
Dorani told the press the petition lacked merit and lauded the dismissal of the case on August 19.
Hammond lost the Adansi Asokwa seat to Dorani in the 2024 general elections by 954 votes. He had been an MP for 24 years.
The National Democratic Congress candidate secured 14,229 votes, while Hammond polled 13,275.
Hammond filed a petition at the High Court on January 15, 2025, challenging the outcome of the poll after expressing dissatisfaction.
He, however, failed to appear in court on three occasions, leading to the court’s dismissal of the case.
About KT Hammond's political career
Hammond became a member of parliament for the first time in January 2001 after emerging winner in the General Election on 7 December 2000.
He has since then had a run of five consecutive terms representing Adansi-Asokwa in Parliament.
Hammond was a member of the Finance Committee, Mines and Energy Committee, as well as the Local Government and Rural Development Committee of the eighth Parliament of the 4th Republic.
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In February 2023, following the resignation of Alan Kyerematen as Minister for Trade and Industries, Nana Akufo-Addo appointed him Minister for Trade and Industries.
In March 2023, Parliament approved his nomination, and he was subsequently sworn into office.
Hammond also served as Deputy Energy Minister in the John Kufuor Administration from 2001 to 2007.
In 2023, he told Parliament's appointments committee that Ghana's discovery of oil in commercial quantities in 2007 was his biggest achievement.
Captain Smart, Media General sued by KT Hammond
YEN.com.gh reported that Hammond sued broadcaster Blessed Godsbrain Smart, aka Captain Smart, over alleged derogatory comments.
The comments were said to have been made during a broadcast on Media General's Onua TV.
This suit stems from Captain Smart's claims that Hammond made ethnocentric remarks about a candidate in the Adansi Asokwa parliamentary election.
Source: YEN.com.gh
