NPP primaries: Fear grips 20 Manhyia North delegates following threats to ‘curse’ them

About 20 delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Manhyia North constituency are living in fear after they allegedly took money from a parliamentary aspirant but failed to vote for him in the party’s primaries.

One Nana Poku, said to be a ‘spiritualist’, has threatened to place delegates who cunninglly took money allegedly from an aspirant, Richard Osei Bamfo ostensibly to vote for him but knew from the outset that he was not their preferred candidate and would not vote for him, under a curse.

Some delegates allegedly received between GH₵1,000 and GH₵2,000 from the aspirant as transportation.

Now Nana Poku wants the money returned to Mr. Bamfo or he will ‘curse’ them.

“There is someone called Nana Poku saying that anyone who received money from Nana Osei Bamfo but refused to vote for him has been sent to Antoa and has been given three days. We do not understand and need clarification. The money we received was not to influence us to vote for him. If he wants his money, he should come because we are waiting for him,” said the secretary at the GES polling station at Manhyia North, Evans Adu Gyamfi.

He added that the delegates cannot afford to refund the money to Mr. Bamfo, explaining also that Mr. Bamfo would not be able to identify the delegates who voted for him and those who did not cast their votes for him.

“You have gotten 15 (votes) and now complaining that it’s too small so you are taking back your money. He doesn’t know anything. Can he identify that this man voted for him or Collins or the other candidate? As for the money he is not going to get it because we have used it.”

Richard Osei Bamfo contested the incumbent Member of Parliament, Akwasi Konadu and one other aspirant, Collins Owusu Amankwah in the just-ended NPP parliamentary primaries.

After the declaration of the results, Richard Osei Bamfo polled 15 votes, representing 2.18 percent. The incumbent MP, Akwasi Konadu secured 389 votes, representing 56.62 percent to win the parliamentary candidacy. Collins Owusu Amankwah polled 283 votes, representing 41.19 percent.