Guru wins University of Ghana SRC election

Ghanaian musician, Maradona Adjei Yeboah, popularly known as Guru, has won the University of Ghana Students’ Representative Council (SRC) presidential election.

Guru and his running mate, Jeffrey Adu-Yeboah polled 9,455 votes out of 18,659, representing 50.7% in the election held on Wednesday.

His close contender, Emmanuel Owusu Amponsah and running mate, Lawrence Edinam Egleh secured 6645 votes, representing 35.6% of the total votes cast.

The musician was earlier disqualified from the race by the University’s Electoral Commission for being a non-resident student.

The Commission cited Article 30, which stipulates that candidates who qualify to be elected must be campus residents and must qualify to contest for a JCR position in their hall.

The disqualification was however overturned by the Appeals Board after a petition, paving way for him to contest.

The Guru-led administration will steer the affairs of the SRC for the 2024/25 academic year.