Former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has dislcsed that her defeat within the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries was intentionally orchestrated by some members of her personal occasion.
Talking on Asempa FM, she defined that her extended absence from Parliament was misunderstood by the occasion’s management, notably by some unnamed MPs who believed she had deserted the occasion.
In response to her, regardless of providing an apology for the scenario, she was nonetheless voted out:
My loss within the primaries was orchestrated as a result of they felt I didn’t deal with the occasion nicely in Parliament. If we aren’t cautious, a couple of occasion members will elect candidates who could also be rejected in nationwide elections.
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She additional said that she had made vital contributions to the occasion and was stunned by the remedy she acquired:
I labored diligently for the occasion till 2020, regardless of having a one-year-old little one on the time. My absence was not intentional, and I communicated my scenario to the management.
When questioned about allegations {that a} personal jet was organized to deliver her again to Ghana to vote on the controversial E-Levy, she responded:
Quite a few issues occurred. I problem NPP leaders to inform me if a personal jet was organized, was Adwoa Safo the one one on board? I used to be not alone.
Adwoa Safo lost the NPP parliamentary primary on Saturday, twenty seventh January, to Mike Oquaye Jnr, who secured 1,194 votes towards her 328.
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Nonetheless, regardless of his victory within the primaries, Oquaye Jnr proceeded to lose the 2024 common election to the Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Faustina Elikplim Akrugu, in a carefully contested race.
