The governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) in the Assin North constituency has elected Charles Opoku as its Parliamentary candidate for the upcoming by-election in the constituency slated for June 27, 2023.
He polled 397 to beat Frederick Freeman Amoah-Kyei who secured 136 votes out of 536 total votes cast.
The newly elected NPP candidate will face the NDC’s James Gyakye Quayson in the by-election which promises to be keenly contested.
Prior to this primary, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of conniving with the NPP to insert the name of an unqualified NPP parliamentary candidate into the constituency’s voters register.
It turned out that the person is Charles Opoku.
But the EC vehemently denied the allegation in a statement saying it had not received any such request from the NPP to transfer any person’s vote.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh
