Guru challenges disqualification from UGSRC elections, files injunction to halt process

Ghanaian musician Maradona Yeboah Adjei, popularly known as Guru, is challenging his disqualification from the 2024 University of Ghana Students’ Representative Council (UGSRC) elections.

On 16 August 2024, the UGSRC Electoral Commission disqualified Guru, citing his non-residency status as a breach of the constitutional requirements outlined in Article 4(d)(ii) of the Constitutional Instrument (CI 24).

Guru in response, filed a petition with the UGSRC Judicial Board, requesting an interim injunction to suspend the next elections slated for 26 August 2024 until the case is resolved.

The petition calls into question the fairness and constitutionality of disqualifying non-resident students from contesting in the SRC elections, especially when the decisions made by the SRC impact the entire student body.

“Take notice that the council, for and on behalf of the plaintiff/applicant herein praying for an order for interim injunction to restrain the Defendant/Respondent, their agents, servants, and any persons whatsoever authorised by them from going ahead to proceed with the election pending the final determination of this suit,” part of his petition said.

His petition makes the point that the interpretation and enforcement of the constitutional provision fall under the jurisdiction of the judicial board and not the EC.