{"id":316261,"date":"2017-05-04T06:05:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T06:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=316261"},"modified":"2017-05-04T06:05:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T06:05:14","slug":"prodigal-son-nii-noi-cant-be-trusted-again-ishmael-ashitey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/prodigal-son-nii-noi-cant-be-trusted-again-ishmael-ashitey\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Prodigal son’ Nii Noi can’t be trusted again – Ishmael Ashitey"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nii Noi Nortey may find it difficult to regain the trust of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the event that his apology and plea for reconciliation is accepted by the party, that’s according to\u00a0NPP’s Greater Accra Regional Chairman, Ishmael Ashitey.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Ishmael Ashitey, said Mr. Nortey may struggle to reach the heights he did before his fall out<\/a><\/strong><\/span> with the party.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”454VrqgLfpPOo007x1MIgSynLqG2enA7″]\u201cWhen you do such a thing, you lose trust and now for the party to trust you to give you a sensitive position, it is going to be very difficult\u2026 for people to agree that he will hold an executive position, I think that will be a very difficult thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Nortey, a former Klottey Korle constituency chairman, contested and lost the Klottey Korle seat as an independent candidate in the 2016 polls after losing a contentious primary to Philip Addison.<\/p>\n After his loss in the primary, his supporters, incensed with the circumstances leading to the defeat, impressed on him to contest as an independent candidate, even though the national leadership pledged to calm tensions there and present a united front for the 20176 parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n