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The General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, yesterday charged at Ben Ephson, Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper for describing him as arrogant and overrating his popularity in the party. His comment was in reaction to a statement made by the renowned pollster that his (Mosquito's) pre-congress threat to pull out of the race should the delegates show support for disloyal candidates, smacked of arrogance. Ben Ephson had initially told Kafui Dey, host of Morning Starr at Star Fm that though Mr Nketia retained his position with 2,685 votes in Saturday�s Congress held at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, the 666 votes garnered by his only contender, Ishaq Abdula Farrakhan, a virtually unknown underdog, is a protest by some feuding party members against his growing arrogance �it�s an indication of the anger of some of the delegates with Mosquito�s growing arrogance� Ben Ephson said. The Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper warned Nketia that if the influence of even the Founder of the NDC Jerry John Rawlings has waned within the party over the years, then putting on an arrogant frock could undo him (Mosquito) in the future. In a rebuttal, Mr Asiedu Nketia said �I have heard somebody in the studio talking about my pomposity and other things, yes the people voted for me for that pomposity,� Mr Nketia Mr. Nketia said: �If indeed I was pompous, then it means the people wanted a pompous General Secretary, because the fact of the matter is that I did not campaign, I did not even do a poster, I didn�t do anything and I didn�t have time to even touch base with majority of the delegates because of this court case issue and the fact that I was planning congress and so on.� �I did indicate that those who didn�t know the face of Asiedu Nketia may vote against me because I don�t think it is proper for me now to be making posters, billboards and all that expenses, in the first case I don�t have all that money, in the second place I don�t consider it necessary.� In an interview with the New Crusading Guide, Ben Ephson said it was surprising that Ishaq Abdula Farrakhan, who is not well known in the party could get such a huge vote against General Mosquito. �If he Farrakhan had well positioned himself to contest Asiedu Nketia, he would have snatched the post from General Mosquito� Ben Ephson warned that if General Mosquito does not take care he would be cut to size like the founder of the Party, Jerry John Rawlings