Nii Noi pitch camp at Adabraka ahead of Klottey Korle primaries (photos)
Mr Valentino Nii Noi Nortey, one of the two parliamentary aspirants contesting the Klottey Korle Constituency primary of the New Patriotic Patriotic Party (NPP) pitched camp at Adabraka on the eve of the elections to meet with delegates.
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His agents told Graphic Online that they were meeting with the delegates “to preach to them not to engage in violence” during the elections.
At the Ascension Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana premises where the delegates were meeting the aspirant, nine tables had been set where agents of the aspirant were cross checking names of delegates.
Graphic Online gathered that Mr Philip Addison had pitched his camp at Ridge.
One of the contestants, Mr Samuel Nii Adjei Tawiah on Thursday withdrew from the race to throw support for Mr Philip Kojo Addo Addison.
In his view, his withdrawal is to bring peace and unity to the rank and file of the party in the constituency.
Last week, the steering committee of the party ordered a rerun of the parliamentary primary in the Klottey Korle Constituency, following months of controversy over its fairness.
The party’s decision comes after it agreed with the parties to withdraw the case from court.
Announcing the decision, the acting General Secretary, Mr John Boadu, told anxious party supporters the rerun was necessary if peace was to prevail in the constituency.
This, however, does not seem to sit well with the supporters of Nii Noi Nortey, who accused the acting National Chairman, Mr Freddie Blay, of backing Nii Noi's contender, Mr Addison.
Pursuant to that, Nii Noi vowed after last week’s decision by the steering committee of the party not to participate in “any sham rerun”.
However , he has reconsidered his decision and is willing now to participate in the rerun.
Background
It will be recalled that Mr Noi Nortey polled 393 votes to beat Mr Addison and Nii Adjei Tawiah, who managed to garner 22 and 19 votes respectively, in the party’s primary held on August 2, 2015 at its headquarters.
This was after the primary in the area had been postponed several times due to protracted issues among the main contenders.
Even through the election was boycotted by Mr Addison and Nii Adjei Tawiah for lack of transparency, the Electoral Commission (EC) went ahead to hold it that day.
This brought about a lot of confusion and misunderstanding among the rank and file of the party in the constituency, causing Mr Addison to take the issue to court.
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