{"id":54237,"date":"2014-10-07T12:42:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T12:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=54237"},"modified":"2014-10-07T13:14:45","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T13:14:45","slug":"oye-lithur-to-challenge-nii-lantey-vanderpuye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=54237","title":{"rendered":"Oye Lithur to challenge Nii Lantey Vanderpuye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Odododiodoo constituency in the Greater Accra Region, are reportedly encouraging Nana Oye Lithur to wrestle power from incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Nii Lantey Vanderpuye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The youth have started putting up posters and banners of Nana Oye in communities within the constituency; some of which have surfaced on social media.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;PfaXLwz0gG83x8rPIysxDotMTsnZqoxi&#8221;]It is unclear yet if Oye Lithur is aware of the developments and whether she is even interested in contesting for the seat during the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong>citifmonline.com<\/strong> contacted the Greater Accra Chairman of the NDC, Ade Coker, he said he is \u201cunaware of such intentions by the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ade Coker however said he is trying to reach Nana Oye Lithur for clarification on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye was declared winner of the hotly-contested Odododiodio Constituency seat during the 2012 general elections after winning the seat with overwhelming percentage of votes cast.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54254\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54254\" alt=\"Nii Lantey Vanderpuye\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nii.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nii.jpg 480w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nii-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nii Lantey Vanderpuye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He polled 45, 967 to retain the seat for his party while his New Patriotic Party (NPP) contender, Victor Okaikoi came second after polling 26,269.<\/p>\n<p>The seat was originally occupied by Ebenezer Nii Tackey Commey also of the NDC.<\/p>\n<p>Attempts by <strong>citifmonline.com<\/strong> to reach Mrs Lithur for comments has so far proved futile.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Odododiodoo constituency in the Greater Accra Region, are reportedly encouraging Nana Oye Lithur to wrestle power from incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Nii Lantey Vanderpuye. 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