The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is to field a new candidate to replace incarcerated Bawku Central MP, Adamu Dramani, despite the legislator�s intention to appeal a two-year sentence against him.
Hon. Dramani was imprisoned last month after he was found guilty on charges of false declaration of office, perjury and deceit of a public officer.
Citi News� checks in the Bawku Central constituency indicate that the party has begun screening for a new parliamentary candidate. The campaign manager for the constituency, Tanimu Abdulai, told Citi News the party will name a candidate by the end of this week.
He said: �We are trying to see if we can avoid going to the primaries that is why we are doing consultations to see if we can get a candidate that can be acceptable to all, a candidate that can cut across all the tribes we have here.�
Mr. Abdulai added that �if the honourable Adamu hadn�t been imprisoned, we wouldn�t have had these challenges so the major problem is to replace him then we will move ahead.�
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