Duniya ta shiga wani yanayi da hali na rashin tabbas da mamaki a wannan shekarar sai dai zaɓen Ghana bai zo da wani mamaki ba.
Dan takarar jam'iyya mai mulki ta NPP, Mr Akufo-Addo mai shekara 76, da babban abokin hamayyarsa, Mr Mahama, mai shekara 62, na jam'iyyar NDC na fafatawa a karo na uku.
A shekara ta 2012 mutanen biyu suka yi takarar farko.
A takararsu ta farko, kwatsam Mr Mahama ya kasance mutumin da jam'iyyarsa ta zaɓa bayan mutuwar shugaba John Evans Atta Mills wata biyar kafin zaɓe.
Mr Mahama mai shekara 62, ya doke abokin hamayyarsa Mr Akufo-Addo ɗan shekara 76 da samun nasara.
An ƙalubalanci sakamakon zaɓen a kotu kan zargin maguɗi sai dai bayan wata 8 kotun ƙoli ta tabbatar wa Mr Mahaman da nasara.
Amma a 2016, Mr Akufo-Addo ya rama.
Mr Mahama ya shaida wa BBC cewa matsalolin tattalin arziki, rikicin mulki da ya shawo kansa a makare, da labaran boge da akai ta yaɗa wa a kafofin sada zumunta su suka haifar da rashin nasararsa shekaru hudu da suka wuce.
Amma ko ma dai me ya faru, ba za a sake tataɓurza ba tsakanin mazajen biyu - domin duk wanda ya yi nasara a wannan lokaci to ya gama wa'adinsa na shugabanci sau biyu.