Baba Sadiq Speaks After Winning Okaikwei Central Seat, "Everything Was Against Him"

• Baba Sadiq of the New Democratic Congress (NDC) has flipped the Okaikwei Central constituency green in favour of the incoming government
• He beat the NPP's Patrick Yaw Boamah, who was the incumbent MP, after a tightly contested race that many observers followed closely
• The MP-elect shared his thoughts on his victory during his first media engagement during which he gave insight on what it took to win

Ghanaian media and entertainment mogul Baba Sadiq has been declared the MP-elect for Okaiwei Central.

In his media engagement after becoming the MP-elect, Baba Sadiq reflected on his strategy for winning the keenly contested parliamentary race against the New Patriotic Party's Patrick Yaw Boamoah.

According to the 3MusicNetworks founder, not a lot of factors were in his favour ahead of the 2024 elections.

Ghana's pollster Musa Dankwa, who predicted the unprecedented win of John Dramani Mahama projected that Sadiq would lose the elections.

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Okaikwei Central has been one of the NPP's strongholds with Patrick Boamah holding on to the position since 2013.

Despite the predictions, the NDC's candidate polled 15,383 votes to defeat Patrick Yaw Boamah of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who managed 14,949.

Sadiq said his youthful campaign message helped him beat his competitor.

John Dumelo wins Ayawaso West Wuogon

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported earlier that Ghanaian actor-turned-politician, John Dumelo was declared as the winner of the Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary race.

John Dumelo polled 40,561 votes against the incumbent Lydia Alhassanm who had 27,377.

The actor, who is widely celebrated in the Ghanaian entertainment industry is the first NDC parliamentary candidate to win the Ayawaso West Wuogon seat since 1992.

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

Source: YEN.com.gh