{"id":265788,"date":"2016-11-07T07:26:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T07:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265788"},"modified":"2016-11-07T07:26:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T07:26:33","slug":"2-ndc-members-expelled-for-endorsing-independent-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/2-ndc-members-expelled-for-endorsing-independent-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"2 NDC members expelled for endorsing independent candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Lawra Constituency, Upper West Region, has expelled its Communications Director and the Women\u2019s Organiser from the party.<\/p>\n

The two, Peter Assibi Kaayir and Hajia Bintu Alhassan, were expelled for endorsing the nomination form of the incumbent Member of Parliament for Lawra, Samson Abu, who has also been expelled from the party for contesting the 2016 elections as an independent candidate.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”9WhHwp8gviyUuLzImB06DE2i1MKvVil3″]A statement signed by the party\u2019s Constituency Chairman, Joshua Lotaa, said the two have also been openly campaigning for Mr. Abu ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n

The dismissal of the two follows the NDC National Executive Commission’s (NEC) expulsion of\u00a0some 23<\/a><\/strong><\/span> disgruntled members who are contesting the elections as independent parliamentary candidates.<\/p>\n

A statement signed by the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, said the decision was taken because the candidates per their actions have breached the party\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

The two breached party’s constitution<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lawra NDC in its statement also justified their sacking of these two individuals saying,\u00a0\u201cthe conduct of these persons is in breach of articles 45 ad 46 of the party\u2019s constitution. Accordingly and in line with directives issued by the General Secretary, the two persons have ceased to be members of the party with immediate effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement added that \u201cthey are therefore no longer executive members of the party and cannot hold themselves out as such. They are to return all party property in their possession to the Constituency Chairman.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Samson Abu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking in a subsequent interview with Citi News<\/strong>, Mr. Lotaa confirmed that\u00a0the party expelled the two because of their allegiance to the current MP,\u00a0Sampson Abu.<\/p>\n

“Once you don\u2019t go by the party law or the party rules, we don\u2019t allow you to be here. Go ahead and have your independence and continue do for you candidate whatever you want. But let\u2019s have our peace of mind to work for our candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We have tried to solve these problems and yet they decide to go ahead to do what they want\u2026 we don\u2019t need to come back again looking for you and begging you to come back and work for the party,\u201d Mr. Lotta said.<\/p>\n

Samson Abu ordered to return party van
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Meanwhile, Mr. Abu has been ordered to return a party van in his possession.<\/p>\n

A seperate statement said, “following your decision to run as an independent candidate and in compliance with the press statement issued by the General Secretary on 1st<\/sup> November 2016, we request the immediate return of the party\u2019s van with registration No. GB2786-12 which has been in your custody since November 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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