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[ 2014-11-25 ]

Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka ‘Wontumi,’

I will decide NDC election –Wontumi
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic
Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka
‘Wontumi,’ has stated that he will ensure the
election of his favourites to steer the affairs
of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC)
in the congress slated for December 13.

“Only the NDC members that have my support would
receive colossal votes from the party’s
delegates at the congress grounds,” the NPP
chairman, who is noted for his boldness, told
DAILY GUIDE in an interview.

Wontumi disclosed that all the NDC members who
received his blessings during the party’s recent
regional elections across the country easily won
their positions, stating “similar thing will
happen at the Kumasi congress.”

He said originally the NDC was supposed to hold
the congress in Sunyani, the Brong Ahafo capital
but he (Wontumi) secretly took steps to ensure a
change in venue.

Wontumi said that if the NDC congress had been
held in Sunyani, it would have been difficult for
him to maneuver to ensure the election of his
favourites, saying “that is why I influenced
some top NDC members to have the venue shifted to
Kumasi.”

He said his favourites whom he contacts frequently
would definitely garner massive votes at the
polls.

“I known Kumasi very well, it is my city
therefore manipulating for my favourites to be
elected at the NDC congress will not be a
difficult task at all,” the NPP chairman
disclosed.

Asked why he was interfering in NDC’s internal
politics, Wontumi noted that “I have strong
interest in happenings in the NDC. If you want to
win elections, you have to know the strength and
weakness of your opponent.”

He said the NPP would win political power in 2016
to save Ghanaians from the current hardship caused
by the mismanagement of the country’s economy by
the incompetent NDC administration, stating that
“we can only win if we know the NDC well.”

Wontumi vehemently refused to mention the names of
his favourites in the NDC and his clandestine
moves to win votes for them.

Currently the NDC is sharply divided into four
groups, the Rawlings, Mills, Mahama and Asiedu
Nketia factions, who are struggling for control in
the party, according to him.

He alleged that favourites of President Mahama
lost in the recent NDC Regional congress across
the country.

Wontumi alleged that President Mahama was planning
to spend a staggering $4 million to influence
delegates and the Electoral Commission (EC) to
ensure the election of his favourites.

He cautioned President Mahama not to waste that
huge amount of money with the hope of taking over
the NDC, saying “in the end those who have the
support of Wontumi will win the NDC elections.”

Source - Daily Guide



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