The running mate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) for the 2024 presidential election, Wayoe Ghanamannti, has announced that he has filed a petition for Parliament to start an impeachment procedure against President John Dramani Mahama.
Speaking on a panel discussion on JoyPrime on October 18, 2025, Ghanamannti, who is a lawyer, said that he had filed a petition in Parliament for the president to be removed in accordance with Article 69.
He asserted that Mahama must be removed from office because he has failed in the fight against illegal small-scale mining, commonly known as galamsey.
He accused Mahama of deceiving the people of Ghana that he would fight galamsey when he became president, just to win power.
“In the 2024 election, I was clear that when we come, galamsey will be off because we are stopping all licences. And at the end of the day, the NDC used the system of being angry about galamsey, capitalised on it so that, ‘let’s put the fire on the NPP.’ They come into power, and it’s the same thing.
“Now we have a gold board that is going behind and buying them (galamsey gold). So both NDC and NPP cannot stop galamsey.
He added, “And that is why I’ve brought an action of the highest form of accountability — that we should look at Article 69 and impeach the president. When Parliament comes, the Speaker must look at it. I’ve already submitted this.”
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