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"We are unable to accept the outcome of the election," says the presidential candidate of the NDC John Mahama, adding, "These results are flawed and discredited. When it comes to the parliamentary election, the NDC won a working majority of 140 seats." Mahama was addressing the nation after President Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term with 51.59 percent of the vote. SOUNDBITE

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