[ 2015-08-03 ]

NPP Primaries: Okaikoi South Retains Ahmed Arthur
The incumbent Member of Parliament for Okaikoi
South constituency, Ahmed Arthur has been
re-elected as the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
parliamentary aspirant for 2016.

Ahmed polled 505 votes while his opponent, Vicky
Bright polled 29 out of the 540 total votes cast.

The incumbent Member has on several occasions been
dragged to court by Vicky Bright, forcing the
parliamentary seat to be declared vacant but he
won in all the cases.

The latest case brought against Ahmed Arthur was
thrown out on Thursday, paving the way for
elections to be held today [Sunday].

Interestingly, 4 years ago, Ahmed Arthur beat
Vicky Bright by 12 votes to win the NPP nomination
and subsequently the seat in 2012.

Addison boycott primaries

In a related development, an aspirant at the
Klottey Korle constituency, Philip Addison has
boycotted primaries in the area.

Lawyer Addison has been angered by an order from
the party headquarters which okayed the elections
for today [Sunday], even though according to him,
there had been a meeting on Friday which scheduled
the elections for a later date.

Mr Addison and his supporters were at the NPP
headquarters to protest today as the election
process begun in the constituency.

Source - Citifmonline

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