National Security stops Ghana Weightlifting’s elective Congress after Federation defies court order

Ghana Weightlifting Federation elective Congress was ended abruptly by operatives of the National Security after federation executives defied court injunction to proceed with the process.

Early this week, the Federation was served with notice of an injunction from an Accra High Court.

Although the Federation was served, it still made plans and on Saturday, March 8, 2025, delegates and stakeholders gathered at the Media Center of the Accra Sports Stadium for the elective congress.

“We were supposed to have the Weightlifting [Federation] elections, but there was an injunction sent because the elections committee was basically running an illegal election. The board for the Weightlifting Federation had their term run out on February 18, but they were still going to go ahead with the elections,” Marie Korkor Agbah-Hughes told JoySports.

Mrs. Agbah-Hughes, who is contesting for position on the Federation’s executive board, added that “the contesting party, Michael Nii Annan Yarboi, filed an injunction because he was trying to do the right thing, but the other party was trying to do the wrong thing.

“There is a little bit of commotion because they still want to have the elections, regardless of the injunction that was filed.”

The commotion started because supporters of the Federation’s president, Jerry Ahmed Shaib, (MP for the Weija Gbawe Constituency) and his opponent Michael Nii Yarboi Annan (former NDC Parliamentary aspirant for the Odododiodio Constituency), filled the venue.

Although it is not clear who invited the National Security operatives, they found their way to the venue and asked all unauthorised persons to leave the venue.

Shortly after the place was cleared, the operatives ordered the process to end immediately.

Jerry Ahmed Shaib, the New Patriotic Party’s second deputy minority whip, is running for a second term as President

In 2021, he was voted into office as deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Olympic Committee.

Shaib’s opponent, Nii Yarboi Annan, is a known name in boxing circles who made the switch to Weightlifting a few years ago.

Shaib’s vice, Isaac Tetteh is running unopposed for the vice president’s position while all slots on the Federation’s board are in contention.

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