A one time independent presidential candidate in the 2012 elections, Jacob Osei Yeboah (JOY) says\u00a0he was ignobly cheated in the 2012 elections.<\/p>\n
JOY, revealed this on Citi FM’s<\/strong> news analysis programme, The Big Issue<\/strong>, \u00a0in the midst of an ongoing discussion on the call for a new voters’ register.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”Cu1fhNvoAE5xlhEOlA5eM9ATHGs9wr1a”]A social commentator, Sydney Casely Hayford had accused successive governments of fuelling instances of electoral malpractices and cited an instance where a former military officer, Brigadier General Erskine got zero in his own constituency despite taking part in the electoral process.<\/p>\n Not only did JOY, as he is popularly called cite the inefficiencies in Ghana\u2019s electoral system as the cause of his catastrophic defeat, but he also blamed the two major political parties, the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).<\/p>\n \u201cHow can this be if not the manipulation from these political parties?” a dissatisfied Jacob Osei Yeboah asked rhetorically.<\/p>\n Manipulations<\/strong><\/p>\n A rather saddened Jacob Osei Yeboah caused the studio panel and listeners alike with an infectious laughter when he recounted how he had to virtually \u2018beg\u2019 for his votes to be given back to him at a polling station in Kwadaso in the Ashanti region.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the results came, I had zero in Kwadaso and when I started complaining it became 7\u2026 I was anticipating at least three votes,” he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough I was not there, I was sure of my representative and his wife together with a pastor friend of mine, who came from America to vote for me. I knew that if I won\u2019t get anything, not for these three people, so I came out and said I am really surprised and when I mentioned this, it became 7 for me and I took it like that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Well the chronicles did not end with that. Per the results declared in Nyakomadan and surrounding towns, JOY had been likened to the proverbial \u2018Prophet who has no honor in his own home.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cLet me tell you in my own constituency, my hometown, there is a small town called Nyankomadoa, I was told I had 15 votes, not even my hometown Atonsu, Nsuta and Kwaaman where I have all my relatives there.”<\/p>\n \u201cThere was one I had only 16 and the residents were charged after they realized I had been cheated\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking in Twi, Mr. Yeboah said, \u201cAh! omo ewia mu dodow Nyankomadoa aha nkoaa wonya dunum, omo se dunsia na wonya ye\u2026omo ewia mu\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Literally meaning, \u201cthey have cheated you massively!\u2026even here in Nyakomadoa you had 15 votes and yet they are saying you secured sixteen votes in all these areas?<\/p>\n [Host]: But voters can change their minds?<\/em><\/p>\n “They voted! This was after the counting!” JOY exclaimed.<\/p>\n Yet another experience to share and JOY described how whopping 100 plus votes changed to a mere 18 votes in the Brong Ahafo region,<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026It happened to me even in the Brong Ahafo region, when they counted a particular constituency, I was informed I had 109 because I knew my network so I was waiting to see the results for the whole constituency and when the entire results came, I think I had 18 votes,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A one time independent presidential candidate in the 2012 elections, Jacob Osei Yeboah (JOY) says\u00a0he was ignobly cheated in the 2012 elections. JOY, revealed this on Citi FM’s news analysis programme, The Big Issue, \u00a0in the midst of an ongoing discussion on the call for a new voters’ register. 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