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What is generally turning out to be a peaceful exercise of one's enfranchisement within the National Democratic Congress (NDC), nearly degenerated into a show of brute force when tempers flared between two leading members of the opposition party in the Ningo-Prampram constituency.

Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the opposition party, Joseph Kwabena Ade Coker and Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram in the Greater Accra Region, Sam George, were the prinicipal actors.

This was after some of the delegates said they could not find their names on the electoral register whiles others claim the names on the register have fallen short of the number expected on the electoral register.

The ideal register must contain names from 92 branches, each containing 9 delegates, the register in contention has only 89 branches; an anomaly that Chairman for the constituency, Michael Tetteh confirmed.

According to Peace FM and UTV's Reporter at the venue, Ohene Amponsah, delegates whose names are missing in the register are aggrieved and started causing confusion.

Mr Ade Coker and some other executives in the Ningo Prampram constituency in the Greater Accra Region, attempted to find a way for the delegates who couldn't find their name in the register to cast their vote.

The NDC stalwart believed once they "have the party's membership card, they should be allowed to vote".

But their action was miscontrued as scheming against one of the Presidential aspirant, John Dramani Mahama by the MP, who strongly opposed the move.

"His (Sam George's) argument was that per the party's regulations, if your name is not in the register, you can't vote," Ohene Amponsah narrated, adding that the NDC MP believed "because Ade Coker and the rest of the executives want the former President to lose, they want the delegates to vote at all cost," he narrated.

None appeared to give in and the exchange of words soared.

The tensed situation and potentially volatile atmosphere was however, diffused by the security personnel and other officials present.

"....both parties agreed with the electoral officials to serve those whose names are captured in the register first, before NDC members with no party cards but have executives in the constituency to vouch for their membership, as well those with party cards but cannot find their names in the register are attended to later in the day," he recounted.



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