{"id":15684,"date":"2020-06-20T17:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T17:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=15684"},"modified":"2020-06-20T17:23:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T17:23:24","slug":"breaking-news-asenso-boakye-defeats-incumbent-mp-okyem-aboagye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=15684","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING News: Asenso-Boakye defeats incumbent MP Okyem Aboagye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Deputy Chief of Staff Francis Asenso-Boakye has defeated&nbsp; Daniel Okyem Aboagye to be the parliamentary candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) for the Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bantama, a \u2018world bank\u2019 of the governing NPP, has had one of the fiercest contests across the country, with accusations of vote-buying and intimidation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier today during voting, confusion erupted when an agent of Okyem Aboagye attempted to prevent a delegate and worker with the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) from voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Okyem Aboagye who became Member of Parliament in 2016 is headed out as Asenso-Boakye prepares to go in since Bantama is a major stronghold of the NPP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provisional results suggest that Francis Asenso-Boakye garnered&nbsp; 455 votes as against Okyem Aboagye who had&nbsp; 122 votes amidst complaints the elections have been flawed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:MyNewsGh.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Chief of Staff Francis Asenso-Boakye has defeated&nbsp; Daniel Okyem Aboagye to be the parliamentary candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) for the Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region. 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