E.C Officials collating the ballots |
He polled 28 votes, as
against Allan’s 14 votes from a total of 51 votes cast, with Joe Ghartey,
Asamoah Boateng and Addai Nimo polling one vote each; whiles Dr. Konadu Apraku
and Kofi Osei Ameyaw secured 2 and 4 votes respectively.
Mr. Anthony Oppong deputy
Volta regional director of the Electoral Commission, who presided over the
elections said, in all, 56 delegates were expected to cast their votes but due
a court injunction placed on the executives of both the Ho central and South
Tongu constituencies prevented their chairmen from participating in the
exercise, while two other delegates have also transferred their votes to Accra,
with one absentee delegate.
Voting which started around
9:17am ended by midday, leaving delegates and party supporters to anxiously
await the outcome of the polls, which was finally announced by the E.C
officials at the stipulated 3:00pm. The announcement of results sent majority
of the delegates into wild jubilation, though they claim it was expected.
Ken Anku |
The regional chairman was
granting a request by journalists to pose for a photo shot by the ballot box
after casting his vote, a move which did not go down well with Mr. Anku who
angrily shouted at the chairman to leave the voting area.
This led to a verbal
confrontation between the two personalities, with Mr. Anku referring to Mr.
Amewu as a ‘traitor’, who also in turn fired back with ‘you are stupid’. The encounter then degenerated into one
insult after the other until some delegates intervened to calm nerves, prevent
the verbal fight between the two gentlemen from getting into fisticuffs.
Asabee’s Customised Rice Packs
Delegates at the congress
were served with jollof rice and fried fish, by agents of Asamoah Boateng.
The food packs which were
branded in NPP colours with the picture of the Asamoah Boateng embossed on
them, had the inscription ‘Vote Asamoah Boateng, Number two (2).’ It also had a
replica of the ballot paper indicating his position on the ballot paper.
The gesture was however not
enough to secure him enough votes as he only ended up with a single vote at the
end of voting.
Useless
Exercise
Mr. Kenwood Nuworsu, the
former regional of the party, after casting his ballot said, the special voting
exercise was useless and a waste of time and party resources. According to him,
the party should go on directly with the national delegate congress using the
expanded the Electoral College.
About 14 police personnel
provided security at throughout the congress, which was generally peaceful,
despite the earlier confrontation.
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