Member of Parliament for Tamale Central in the Northern Region, Hon. Inusah Abdulai Bistav Fuseini, has asserted that the low turnout which was registered during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election was as a result of perceived insecurity in the La Bawaleshie electoral area.
He stressed the entire Ayawaso West Wuogon was peaceful as there were no police and military patrolling the area before Thursday, January 31; thus no skirmishes have been seen in Ayawaso West Wuogon.
“The violence was as a direct result of the election in Ayawaso West Wuogon....indeed, I can go further to say that the low turnout recorded in the Ayawaso by-election is as a result of the perceived level of insecurity in that area because by 8am on that day, news had already filtered that there was violence in the constituency”, he asserted.
The voters Register of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency used in the 2016 General Elections had a voter population of 87,580 but the total valid votes was 17,501 making the total turnout for the by-election to be about 19.83 percent in all the 137 polling stations.
Meanwhile, the Coalition of Domestic Election (CODEO) believes the presence of the masked and heavily armed men intimidated many voters and contributed to the very low turnout at the polls.
The independent observer group said it counted as many as 15 of such armed and masked persons at some polling stations during the elections.
The masked and armed men were captured on video physically assaulting the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George during a heated altercation.
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In fact, most NDC member are 'bloody MPs' since they all benefited from bloody related election violence! All NDC members are criminals since their criminal party was formed out of criminal and treasonable coup d'états! Christians believe in Christ, so we are called Christians, so as whatever organization you belong to, is what you are called!
Massa stop talking because all what you have been saying since the Ayawaso incident happened don’t make any s3nse
Another useeeeleess dishonest lawyer who deliberately refuses to critique dispassionately and constructively as an intellectual, devoid of bias or party-colors. The way NDC does politics in Ghana is discouraging and an eyesore. You still see in them Lagon type of Campus-Student politics belied the reality of the true principles of democracy and intellectualism. Sadly, lies, baseless polemics, hurling insults, and propaganda have become the trademark of the NDC Party-Politics, informed policy debates and issue-based argumentation leave much to be desired.
Insecurity and who cause am? when you brought down hoodlums from Tamale to give mayhem to Ghanaians in Accra what was your motive not low turn out?and you thought by that ndc will win never did it occur to you that noise making without substance doesn't win vote ! Ghanaians have shown to you that even low turn out will never bring ndc back to power! Those brave voters didn't give a hoot to ndc intimidation and bully but made their minds like 2016 by hook or cr*ook they will vote ndc out and it came to pass ,it will be repeated in 2020! all you had in Ayawaso was the result that game out 30% and don't take those who didn't come out as ndc members because you had the gun and fired to put fear in the NPP but it didn't work and the security protected life and property by firing back at your hoodlums! NPP has lived through your so called revolution and have thick skin now so don't fear whoooo! NPP, went through ndc atrocities in Talensi where AK47 were flying like kites in the air, courageous as they were they came out and encouraged every Ghanaian to come out and vote in 2016 and Ghanaians being brave some even armed themselves to polling stations to vote because of ndc bully and voted massively against the ndc!where was Inusah Fuseini when somebody lost his eye in the Let my vote count demonstration? and these people call themselves muslims when they turn blind eye on the truth! Everyone including those ndc killed and maimed will answer to God one day!