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Ghana’s opposition leader says he has beaten incumbent President John Mahama

Presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo. PHOTO: AFP

ACCRA: Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo said on Thursday he was "quietly confident" he had beaten President John Mahama and that his New Patriotic Party (NPP) had taken a majority of seats in parliament in this week's election.

The electoral commission has yet to release results from Wednesday's vote but the opposition said it had tabulated figures from individual constituencies. Officials from Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) rejected the claims and said the incumbent was on track for re-election.

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