John Dramani Mahama, who served as president from 2012 to 2017, is set to return to office after his main opponent, Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat.

John Dramani Mahama staged a political comeback after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat.

Ghana's Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday's election and congratulated former President John Mahama on his victory. "The people have voted for change," said Bawumia. The elections come amidst the country's worst economic crisis in a generation,

Ghana's opposition on Sunday claimed provisional results showed its candidate John Mahama winning the weekend presidential election, though electoral authorities said they were still collating the official tallies.

Following Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia's concession in Ghana's election, jubilant supporters of opposition candidate John Mahama have been celebrating on the streets across the country. Reporters: Thomas Naadi and Favour Nunoo Copyright 2024 BBC.

Mahamudu Bawumia, who has been vice-president since 2017, said Mahama won the vote “decisively”, based on data from the incumbent New Patriotic party. The opposition National Democratic Congress also won the parliamentary vote to gain a majority in the 275-seat national assembly,