The Council of Elders of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has dissolved the party’s eight-member Independent Committee with immediate effect, accusing its members of incompetence, misconduct, and failure to execute their mandate.
The dissolution follows a Consent Judgment issued by an Accra High Court after a 2023 legal dispute between Isaac Kwaku Annan and the CPP. The court directed the committee to supervise constituency, regional, and national elections as part of efforts to reorganise the party.
However, the Council of Elders says the committee—chaired by Wing Commander (rtd) Patrick Nelson Sogbodjor—failed to carry out any of its responsibilities for 18 months. The committee is accused of refusing to render financial accounts, engaging in deception, and subjecting party members to harassment, victimisation, and intimidation.
At a meeting on Thursday, November 13, the Council unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in the committee and moved to immediately enforce the court’s directives. All additional appointments made by the committee have also been revoked.
In a press release, the Elders said their decision aims to restore order and ensure the CPP is fully reorganised ahead of the 2028 general elections. They stressed that the party’s leadership must reflect integrity, empathy, and service—not control and intimidation.
“We call on the rank and file of the Party to be resolute and conduct themselves with decorum, as the CPP remains committed to transparency, accountability, with discipline as our hallmark,” the statement, signed by Senior Comrade Christian Yao Zigah, Vice Chairman of the Council of Elders, said.
The Council of Elders is now expected to oversee the implementation of the Consent Judgment and lead the reconstitution of internal election processes across all levels of the party.