Asante-Bediako not disqualified from contesting Oda seat

An aspiring New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Akyem Oda Constituency, Mr Richard Asante-Bediako, has denied rumours that he had been disqualified from contesting in the party’s constituency primary slated for June 20.

Speaking to the Daily G­­raphic at Akyem Oda last Wednesday, Mr Asante-Bediako said the announcement by the General Secretary of the NPP, Mr John Boadu, about his disqualification at a news conference in Accra last Monday was an error.

According to him, the error had been corrected and he was physically, morally and spiritually ready to win the seat at the expense of the Member of Parliament (MP), Mr William Quaittoo, and the other contestant Mr Alexander Akwasi Acquah, an Accra-based business executive.

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When the Daily Graphic contacted the Eastern Regional Secretary of the NPP, Mr Jeff Konadu, on the issue, he confirmed that Mr Asante-Bediako had not been disqualified.

He stressed that the error about Mr Asante-Bediako’s disqualification of the NPP had been rectified.

Mr Konadu said as a member of the Eastern Region vetting committee, he was aware that only one parliamentary aspirant, Mr Edward Kwaku Aboagye, was disqualified and the remaining three, namely, Mr William Agyapong Quaittoo, Mr Alexander Akwasi Acquah and Mr Richard Asante-Bediako were cleared to contest in the primary.