Kozie Manu’s Last-Minute Developments Fall Flat In Adentan Race As Adamu Ramadan Claims Historic Win

• The NDC parliamentary candidate for Adentan, Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, retained his seat
• The current MP beat Akosua Asaa Manu of the New Patriotic Party by over 20,000 of the valid votes
• Ramadan thanked the party supporters after the declaration and said the result had humbled him

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Adentan, Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, has made history as the first MP to retain the seat in the hotly contested constituency.

According to provisional results, Ramadan polled 56,303 to beat the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Akosua Asaa Manu, who polled 35,143.

Manu notably tried to engage in last-minute development projects to court favour with the constituency but to no avail.

The theme of low turnout hurting the NPP continued as Ramadan polled fewer votes than in 2020 when he first won the seat.

In 2020, Ramadan won the seat with 63,436 against 49,255 by Yaw Buaben Asamoah, the NPP candidate at the time.

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Since the creation of the Adentan Constituency out of the Ashaiman Constituency in 2004, none of the previous four MPs has been able to annex the seat twice, as they either lost the party primaries or the main election.

Ramadan thanked the party supporters for their hard work after the Adentan returning officer confirmed his victory. He also said he was humbled by the mandate.

"This is historic in all ways, and I can only thank everyone who made it possible."

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Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh