{"id":77019,"date":"2014-12-24T13:05:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T13:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=77019"},"modified":"2014-12-24T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T14:53:20","slug":"hudu-yahaya-betrayed-tamale-ndc-political-scientist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/hudu-yahaya-betrayed-tamale-ndc-political-scientist\/","title":{"rendered":"Hudu Yahaya betrayed Tamale NDC – Political Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"
Political Scientist, Dr. Amoako-Baah has said Alhaji Hudu Yahaya, \u00a0a former National Chairman aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), betrayed his constituents for unilaterally withdrawing from the race.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”KB6kcAJUoCtDknpusHVZevdM6R4sCfLg”]According to Dr. Amoako Baah, Alhaji Yahaya should have consulted his constituents before taking such a decision.<\/p>\n
Alhaji Hudu Yahaya withdrew from the race<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0at the last minute to support the Chairman-elect, Kofi Portuphy.<\/p>\n Though he has explained that his decision to withdraw was to avoid what he calls ethnic politics<\/strong><\/a><\/span> the decision has sparked protest in his constituency<\/strong><\/a><\/span> with threats by some party members to burn down his house.<\/p>\n Dr. Amoako Baah however observed that \u00a0if Alhaji Hudu Yahaya had consulted his constituents, the reaction from the party members could have been averted.<\/p>\n He said the\u00a0NDC members in his constituency\u00a0\u201cseemed to be very disappointed,\u201d hence their action.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure many of the delegates came down to vote for him and then to come to the venue and without any prior warning, they heard that their favorite candidate just dropped out and thrown his support behind Portuphy, that is what they are angry about,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Northern Regional Police say they are still stationed at the residence of Hudu Yahaya in order to prevent any violent action.<\/p>\n