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NDC Agbesi retains Ashaiman seat in the midst of confusion
Ashaiman, April 26, Ghanadot/GNA–
Confusion nearly marred the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
primaries held in Ashaiman on Saturday, as two delegates
were prevented from voting, because they were not
democratically elected to represent their electorate.
A faction loyal to one of the candidates vowed never to
allow the elections to continue, if their delegates were not
allowed to vote, thus creating tension, which took almost an
hour before security personnel brought the situation under
control.
In the midst of the confusion, party executives present went
into consultations with the aggrieved faction together with
the three parliamentary candidates namely Mr Alfred Kwame
Agbesi, incumbent MP, Mr Ibrahim Baidoo and Mr Tony Afenyo.
Sanity prevailed after the candidates and the aggrieved
faction finally agreed to allow all those whose names were
on the list to cast their votes to avoid chaos.
Voting then resumed under tight security in a tensed
atmosphere and Mr Agbesi, a lawyer, retained his seat with
96 votes to beat Mr Baidoo, a 37 year old businessman and Mr
Afenyo, 38, Educationist, who polled 27 and 19 votes
respectively.
142, out of the total 146 delegates cast their votes, while
four were absent.
Security was beefed up when Mr Micheal Boadu, Tema
Metropolitan Electoral Officer started counting the ballot
papers.
Information gathered indicated that Mr Ibrahim Issah and Mr
Saviour Atsu members of the Nii Man electoral area were not
elected at their meeting as delegates to enable them vote at
the primaries, but their names managed to appear on the list
of the 146 delegates.
Party executives present were Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, Mr Jerry
Acquaye Thompson, Greater Accra Regional organizer, Nii
Laryea Afotey Agbo, MP for Kpone/ Katamanso and Alhaji
Issifu Braimah, constituency chairman.
In his acceptance speech, Mr Agbesi expressed his gratitude
to the party faithful for the confidence reposed in him and
promised to continue working hard to accelerate development
in the constituency.
Alhaji Yahaya urged members to rally behind the MP and
intensify their campaign to win more members into their fold
to retain the seat for the NDC.
GNA
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