{"id":14078,"date":"2019-01-31T22:08:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T22:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=14078"},"modified":"2019-02-01T07:12:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T07:12:46","slug":"npps-lydia-alhassan-wins-controversial-ayawaso-west-wuogon-by-election-by-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=14078","title":{"rendered":"NPP\u2019s Lydia Alhassan wins controversial Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election by landslide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-left\">\n<div class=\"main-content\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"site-content page-wrap\">\n<article id=\"post-480668\" class=\"post-480668 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-politics category-slider category-top-stories tag-ayawaso-west-wuogon tag-ghana-news tag-lydia-seyram-alhassan\" data-id=\"480668\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lydia-seyram-alhassan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lydia-seyram-alhassan.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lydia-seyram-alhassan-410x231.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/lydia-seyram-alhassan-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The New Patriotic Party\u2019s parliamentary candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has won by a landslide victory the by-election held in the area on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>She won the poll by 12, 041 votes representing 68.30% with the closest contender, Delali Kwasi Brempong, the National Democratic Congress\u2019 candidate polling 5, 341 votes representing 30.52%<\/p>\n<p>William Dowokpor of the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) and Clement Boadi of the Liberal Party of Ghana both managed a paltry 102 and 17 votes respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC pulled out of the election earlier on Thursday following pockets of violence recorded in parts of the constituency during the by-election.<\/p>\n<p>The by-election was necessitated by the death of the MP for the area, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko who was buried last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Her spouse, Lydia Seyram Alhassan decided to contest the seat to continue from where the late Agyarko left off.<\/p>\n<p>Her last rally prior to the election was graced by President Akufo-Addo and a host of other bigwigs who were there to campaign vigorously for Lydia.<\/p>\n<p>NDC withdrew from the poll earlier in the day, claiming some of their agents and members have been\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2019\/01\/31\/ayawaso-by-election-gunshots-fired-at-la-bawaleshie-presby-polling-station\/\">attacked<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by persons believed to be members of the governing party in security informs.<\/p>\n<p>The party subsequently ordered its polling agents and observers to leave the polling centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the circumstances, I have conferred with the parliamentary candidate and the leadership of the NDC. We have no option than to withdraw from the ongoing exercise,\u201d the National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel\u00a0Ofosu Ampofo, announced.<\/p>\n<p>Some National Security Operatives allegedly fired gunshots at a\u00a0polling centre at La Bawaleshie, injuring about six persons believed to be NDC supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u00a0Ofosu Ampofo said the party\u2019s candidate, Delali Brempong, was being \u201cheld hostage\u201d in the area.<\/p>\n<p>He also said there was \u201cserious intimidation\u201d from national security operatives.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe have seen people in the attire of national security almost ten at every polling station. What they are doing is shooting indiscriminately, attacking people and intimidating people\u2026 Some of our people including Sam George have been attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a party, we believe in rule of law. We\u2019ve been in by-elections before and we don\u2019t that we are in a war zone. But this by-election has been turned into a war zone. We cannot subject any of our members to danger because of the election.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"quads-ad1\" class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\">But this did not deter the EC from continuing with the exercise.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\"><strong>NDC orchestrated Ayawaso West Wuogon violence \u2013 NPP<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), insisted that the violence was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2019\/01\/31\/ndc-orchestrated-ayawaso-west-wuogon-violence\/\"><strong>orchestrated<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, to discredit the election.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Addressing the media later on Wednesday, the NPP\u2019s Director of Communications, Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, said: \u201cthis is a hugely orchestrated attempt by the NDC because they knew from the beginning that they were going to lose.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>NDC MP for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, was captured on video being assaulted by some security personnel.<\/div>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party\u2019s parliamentary candidate for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has won by a landslide victory the by-election held in the area on Thursday. 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