A failed Council of State Member in the Ashanti Region is fuming over his defeat and has vowed not to spearhead a planned formation of a counter group to the New Patriotic Party’s Let My Vote Count Alliance.
Abraham Agyemang Boadi, popularly known as Zuba was beaten by Tuasehene, Nana Asiamah Poku Afrifa in the Member of State election held on Wednesday but he says the elections were fraught with vote buying.
According to him, the Ashanti Regional NDC executives sold their conscience and must be ready to face the consequences.
“I am very disappointed, especially having gone round [to talk to] those who are my party people and…the fact that 400 cedis could buy their conscience…” an aggrieved Boadi said.
He said he had a list of delegates who were “camped and paid” to do the bidding of the Tuasehene.
“This one, we will all reap the benefits of it. I am okay. As I speak today, they are asking me to form a group and I have been asked to develop a script on a project, Let My Vote Stand to counter the Let My Vote Count campaign the NPP is waging. And you think I am a fool to do that and my party people will betray me like this? Let them go and organise as they organised [on this occasion] and pay them to go on the street and do the bidding as they wanted me to go on the street to do. I am not a fool. They should let the Tuasehene develop the script and go on the street and fight for the NDC,” Agyemang Boadu charged.
Erastus Donkor of Luv FM said eight candidates contested the election.
The Tuasehene, had 39 votes with his closest challenger, Rev Dr Seth Frimpong polling 12 votes. Nana Ameyaw Kotoko II polled eight votes. The rest, including, Abraham Agyemang Boadi obtained zero votes.
Source: GhanaWeb
