Long- serving Member of Parliament (MP) Cletus Avoka has beaten the Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Frank Fuseini Adongo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Monday’s parliamentary elections to reclaim the Zebilla parliamentary seat.
A1 Radio’s Joshua Asaah reports that Mr. Avoka polled 33,616 votes while the incumbent Mr. Adongo got 15,997.
Speaking to the media shortly after being declared winner of the election, Mr. Avoka said the NPP’s Adongo was no match for him in the last 2016 elections but for some internal wrangling within the NDC at the time.
The one-time Interior Minister indicated his strong resolve to beat any person the NPP presents to contend him in future elections; as far as the Zebilla parliamentary seat is concerned.
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) candidate, Benjamin Anafo, polled 842 while Karim Mahamadu Aduku of the National Democratic Party (NDP) got 174 votes.
In the presidential polls, NPP’s Nana Akufo-Addo got 15,256, John Dramani Mahama of the NDC 33,679; GUM 298; CPP 188; GFP 37; PPP 17; NDP 54; IND 68; PNC 131; APC 70 and LPG had 88 votes respectively.
Source: A1Radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Ghana
