NDC MINI CONFERENCE ENDS ABRUPTLY
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| Irate supporters of Abigail Ellorm in her 'T' Shirt |
This followed a dispute
over the results for two of the nine candidates
for the Deputy National Youth Organizer.
The two are the incumbent, James Fonu Kpatakpa and one Abigail Mensah Ellorm.
The initial counting put Mr. Kpatakpa
as one of the two elected Deputy National Youth Organizers with Ms Ellorm
placing third.
The difference between the two candidates was just six votes and
seemed accepted by Ms Ellorm.
However, just as the Ashanti Regional Electoral
Director, Paul Boateng was about to officially declare the results, supporters
and agents of Ms Ellorm popped up with calls for a recount of the votes and
thereafter started creating confusion.
This compelled the Chairman of the
Elections Committee of the NDC, Ken Dzrasah to order a recount but that did not
go down well with Mr. Kpatakpa and his supporters.
Their contention was that
the aggrieved candidate ought to have called for the recount right after the initial
votes counting and argued that he and his supporters would not be able to tell
what their opponents had done during the interval.
The unyielding stance taken
by the two aggrieved parties and the confusion that accompanied their positions
forced Mr. Dzirasah to ask the Electoral officer to declare the results after
which any aggrieved party could take the matter up.
The supporters of Ms Ellorm
would again not allow that and attempted to physically attack the electoral
officer and Mr. Dzirasah during which the high table was broken.
The police
personnel then escorted the Regional Electoral Dorector, Paul Boateng into his
car and sent away followed by Mr. Dzirasa.
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| Sidii Musah(right) with the two deputies |
While Mr. Musah polled 382 votes, Mr. Hlordzi managed 192 of
the votes. One of the seven candidates, Marcus Garvin stepped down before the
voting could start.
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