Candidate Profile
Percival Kofi Akpaloo
- Liberal Party of Ghana
Mr Percival Kofi Akpaloo founded the Independent People’s Party (IPP) in 2011.
He was the leader of the party in the 2012 election but won no seats.
He was disqualified from contesting the 2016 election as the presidential candidate of the party by the Electoral Commission, a decision he unsuccessfully contested in court.
Mr Akpaloo dissolved the IPP and formed the Liberal Party of Ghana in its stead in March 2017.
He was selected by the party to stand as its presidential candidate in the 2020 election.
His running mate is Margaret Obrian Sarfo.
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