NPP antics to unseat me failed -Collins Dauda

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asutifi South on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Collins Dauda, has said all the antics initiated by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to unseat him in the December 7 polls proved futile.

He alleged at a news conference that the ruling party (NPP) gave monies ranging from GH¢200 to GH¢500 to the electorate to influence them to vote for his main contender, Yaw Owusu Brempong, affectionately called Yaw Broni, who was the parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

“The quantum of money used by this NPP government to make me lose this seat to their candidate is mind-blowing and unthinkable,” Dauda revealed.

According to the MP, who has been at post for 24 years and still counting, what happened was shear wickedness by President Nana Addo and his government, because such monies could have been used for developmental projects for the people of Asutifi South Constituency.

He claimed that at a polling station named Open Space Cocoa Station, a member of the NPP allegedly set fire to a ballot box immediately after casting his vote, but with the timely intervention of the security personnel it was put out.

“They (NPP) wanted to destroy the papers because the said voting station is one of my strongholds,” he fumed.

Alhaji Collins Dauda said all the plans initiated by the NPP to unseat him were unsuccessful, because he was the most preferred choice of the people. “The rapport established between myself and the people of Asutifi South Constituency can never be defeated with material things, so the NPP must take note,” he stated.

The NDC Ahafo Regional Chairman, Yaw Okyere, supported the claim made by his MP, and added that at Sankore in the Asunafo South Constituency, the NPP allegedly hired some people to make away with two ballot boxes thinking it would affect the votes of the NDC candidate and the incumbent MP, Eric Opoku.

“The move never affected Eric Opoku, because after collating, he was pronounced the winner by the EC,” he said.

At the December 7 polls, the NPP secured four seats (Asunafo North, Asutifi North, Tano North and Tano South), while the remaining two (Asunafo South and Asutifi South) went to the NDC.

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