Some supporters of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the China-Paga Constituency in the\u00a0Upper East Region, Abuga Pele, have intensified pressure\u00a0on him to break away from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and contest the seat as an independent candidate.<\/p>\n
Abuga Pele was defeated in the NDC\u2019s parliamentary primary over the weekend by a private legal practitioner, Rudolf Amenga-Etego.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”PdS3YovmajpUmCzoUS7QyRuoPvg2r1Ae”]Mr. Amega-Etego polled 4,337 votes to beat Pele, who had 4,177 votes, whiles Jonathan Nyaaba came\u00a0third with 825 votes.<\/p>\n
Hajj Seidu Sulemana, who spoke for Pele\u2019s supporters, said that the incumbent MP was the only candidate who could \u201cprevent the seat from going from the NDC to the NPP.\u201d<\/p>\n
He believes that the election on Saturday had been rigged in favour of Pele\u2019s opponent, whom he accused of hiring\u00a0thugs\u00a0to attack the incumbent MP.<\/p>\n
Hajj Seidu added that, they would not support\u00a0Rudolf Amenga-Etego if he is retained as the NDC’s candidate in this year\u2019s polls, and called on Pele to go independent.<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking at things, the elections were manipulated. On the eve of the elections, a sack of fertilizer, foodstuffs, roofing sheets were distributed in Chiana, the stronghold of Abuga Pele. On top of it all, he was harassed. Rudolf asked his members to beat him up so we think he cannot lead us in the Chiana Paga constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n
I was sabotaged\u00a0but I won\u2019t go independent<\/strong><\/p>\n Abuga Pele blamed his loss on some of the party executives and traditional leaders in the region, who he claimed frustrated his re-election efforts.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were a lot of impediments against me, some of the party executives who unfortunately did not want to see my face in the election even tried as much as possible to get me out of the way.When I had done all my home work well and we were\u00a0 about to vote, they decided to postpone the elections on three occasions for no reason, before we realized, a lot of money was pumped into the constituency and monies were\u00a0distributed for people to vote against me. Also some paramount chiefs were seen using their vehicles to pick voters to vote against me.\u201d<\/p>\n He, however, denied suggestions that he would go independent to retain his seat in Parliament.<\/p>\n \u201cI have never said I will go independent if I lose this election. On the contrary, I have been telling people that, there is the need for all of us to accept the results of an election and for all of us to work together and win the seat to assist the president to secure a second term in office,” Abuga Pele said.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some supporters of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the China-Paga Constituency in the\u00a0Upper East Region, Abuga Pele, have intensified pressure\u00a0on him to break away from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and contest the seat as an independent candidate. Abuga Pele was defeated in the NDC\u2019s parliamentary primary over the weekend by a private […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":178877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2647,2648,58,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n