Former Sports Minister and Member of Parliament for Ododiodo Constituency, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye has said that the National Democratic Congress will win the 2020 elections in order to free one of its own, Abuga Pele.
Abuga Pele together with businessman Philip Assibit were incarcerated for eighteen years in prison by an Accra High Court after they were found guilty of causing financial loss to the country in the much talked about GYEEDA Scandal.
But speaking to Accra-based Citi FM in an interview in the Eastern region after the NDC’s Unity walk, the Law Maker said “It is unfortunate but I can only say that this will not dampen the spirit of the NDC. Between 2001 and 2004, they sentenced Tsatsu Tsikata, Dan Abodakpi, Ibrahim Adam and Kwame Peprah. It did not stop us from winning elections in 2008. We are going to win the elections and bring Abuga Pele out”.
Abuga Pele, the former Legislator for Paga Chiana Constituency was handed a four and six-year sentence which will run concurrently whilst Assibit got concurrent sentences of 12 and four years on different counts.
The court also ordered the state to recover all assets and money belonging to the state from the convicts. Philip Assibit has since served notice will be appealing his 16-year jail term alongside an application for bail.
Source:a1radioonline.com/Ghana
