John Dumelo Fumes At Maa Lydia As She Shares Food At Special Voting Centre

• Supporters of John Dumelo have protested against Lydia Alhassan for reportedly distributing food during the special voting exercise
• Maa Lydia allegedly distributed cooked food to voters waiting in line to cast their ballots
• According to John Dumelo, Maa Lydia's actions infringe on electoral rules and should be stopped

The Legon Police Station special voting centre has been thrown into disarray after some supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) started a protest against Lydia Alhassan.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Maa Lydia, has allegedly been distributing cooked rice to the special voters waiting to cast their ballot on election day.

According to the supporters of John Dumelo, the NDC parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Maa Lydia’s actions infringe electoral rules, and they have called on electoral officers to halt her actions.

However, despite the protests against the action, Maa Lydia and her team continued to share the cooked meals.

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In an interview with the media, a visibly infuriated John Dumelo expressed his discontent with the action.

He said, “If this is what she wants to do, I will give her a showdown today..today!”

Outlook of Ayawaso West Wuogon election

The 2024 polls will be fiercest in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, where the NPP’s Lydia Seyram Alhassan will face off with John Dumelo.

While the constituency has long been an NPP stronghold, the NDC has been attempting to steal the seat for some time now.

This was fairly represented in the outcome of the 2020 elections when Maa Lydia won the seat by a narrow margin of 2,373 votes, a 75% reduction of the previous 10,057-vote margin in the 2016 polls.

However, the NPP still believes it has an ace up its sleeves to once again widen the gap in the 2024 elections.

Dumelo and Alhassan close marking each other

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Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported that Lydia Seyram Alhassan, the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon and her challenger, John Dumelo, are stealing headlines on the first day of special voting.

The two candidates, representing the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress, respectively, are in the thick of events, closely monitoring the Special Voting process at the Legon Police Station Special Voting Center.

Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh