NPP Walewale Primaries: Lariba Zuweira Abudu withdraws from race

New Patriotic Party (NPP) member of Parliament for the Walewale constituency in the North East Region, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has withdrawn from the race to represent her constituency in the 2024 parliamentary elections. She announced her withdrawal from a race in a letter dated Tuesday, 10 September 2024, addressed to the General Secretary of the … The post NPP Walewale Primaries: Lariba Zuweira Abudu withdraws from race appeared first on Asaase Radio.

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NPP Walewale Primaries: Lariba Zuweira Abudu withdraws from race

New Patriotic Party (NPP) member of Parliament for the Walewale constituency in the North East Region, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has withdrawn from the race to represent her constituency in the 2024 parliamentary elections.

She announced her withdrawal from a race in a letter dated Tuesday, 10 September 2024, addressed to the General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong.

“Following the inconclusive re-run of the parliamentary primary in the Walewale constituency yesterday (with the Electoral Commission unable to declare a result as a result of an unfortunate incident), I have decided that in the interest of the greater good of the new patriotic party and peace and unity in the Walewale constituency, I will no longer be a candidate for MP in the 2024 elections, Lariba Zuweira Abudu’s letter read.

“I am therefore formally withdrawing from the contest. I would like to thank the party for the honour done me in representing my constituency over the last four years and can assure the party of my continued support in the 2024 election campaign,” the letter further read.

Lariba Zuweira Abudu’s withdrawal from the race comes a day after Police in Walewale arrested six persons who allegedly disrupted the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primaries that were held on Monday, 9 September 2024, following a High Court ruling that annulled the previous election and ordered a re-run.

So severe were the disruptions that the Electoral Commission, which supervised the contest, declared the contest null and void due to damage caused to ballot papers, making it difficult to determine the actual winner. Prominent among those arrested was Bawa Akamara, former Yagaba-Kubori NPP constituency chairman, who is alleged to have disrupted the vote-counting process.

Also arrested was Bukari Musah (Agent of Dr Kabiru, one of the two contestants in the primaries), Sumani Fatau, Yakubu Amin, and two others identified as Akam and Mohammed. Bawa Akamara was arrested after allegedly snatching ballot papers in the presence of eye witnesses during the sorting process, before the actual vote counting could begin. This was inside the Church of Pentecost building in Walewale.

The Police, who acted swiftly, with the arrests, also transported the ballot boxes to the Police Station, where the counting process eventually resumed after long delay. However, the challenger to the MP, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, refused to participate any further with the counting process once the ballot boxes were carted away to the Police station.

Reporting by Wilberforce Asare in Accra

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