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NDC pulls out of Abuakwa North by-election
The NDC says it will not contest the Abuakwa North by-election
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According to the NDC the circumstances surrounding the MP’s "gruesome murder that brought the nation to a standstill" make it impossible for it to contest.
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General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia in a statement said "We were stunned by the death of the late Member of Parliament (MP) Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu of the Abuakwa North Constituency, particularly circumstances surrounding his gruesome murder that brought the nation to a standstill."
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He said, "The NDC is of the opinion that the scar of grief and sorrow emanating from such barbaric act would take a longer time to heal, and it would be appropriate to desist from any act that has the tendency to aggravate the pain that J.B.’s family has been subjected to."
"We wish to indicate that we share in the grief and trauma the late Member of Parliament’s family, constituents and indeed the nation are going through. Therefore it would be insensitive and unsympathetic on the part of the NDC leadership and followers to actively participate in such by-election."
He said, "The NDC does not want to be beneficiaries of a criminal act and, we aware of the disaffection this decision will bring among our supporters, because the Abuakwa North happens to be one of the constituencies which NDC considers winnable.
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"We wish, however to urge our supporters to channel their efforts towards winning the seat in the November 2016 elections.
"The NEC wishes, on behalf of the party to extend our condolences to the bereaved family of the late J.B. Danquah Adu and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a whole," he noted.
Meanwhile, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, a tutor at the Akosombo International School has been elected as the NPP's parliamentary candidate after polling 207 votes to beat her two main contenders in the Abuakwa North NPP primary.
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