Ghanaian president elect, Nana Akufo-Addo was on Thursday sworn in for a second term.

It comes a day after a brawl between rival politicians in parliament during the election of the speaker.

Soldiers were briefly deployed after the unusual scenes in one of Africa's most stable democracies.

Akufo-Addo defeated his main rival, ex-president John Mahama, in December's keenly contested polls.

The opposition National Democratic Congress has rejected results of the December 7 polls.

It has filed a petition at the country’s top court, seeking for a rerun of polls between the main opposition party leader John Mahama and the incumbent president.