NPP Chairman’s Forms Vanish… Party Supporters Angry

DRAMA UNFOLDED during the vetting of contestants hankering to occupy constituency positions in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Suame Constituency in the Ashanti region.

The drama was caused by the unexplained disappearance of nomination forms of Kennedy Arthur Boafo, the NPP Chairman for the Constituency, who is seeking re-election when the party goes to the polls.

Mr. Boafo had sworn heaven and earth that he had submitted his filled nomination forms to the Constituency Election Committee, as stipulated by the party.

Surprisingly, the Committee told the chairman in plain language that his forms were nowhere to be found, and that they could not allow him to take part in the vetting exercise.

As would be expected, the teeming supporters of Boafo, who thronged the vetting venue in their numbers, reportedly became incensed over the strange happening and issued all manner of threats.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, Kwaku Duah, a staunch supporter of Boafo, said he suspected foul play by the vetting committee.

According to him, they were aware of a grand agenda by a section of the party leadership in the region to frustrate the chairman from contesting in the polls.

Duah, who was filled with extreme rage, said the party would not see peace if Mr. Arthur Boafo is denied the right to take part in the constituency primary elections.

On his part, Omono Asamoah, another dyed-in-the-wool supporter of Boafo, vowed that nobody can prevent the chairman from taking part in the polls, adding that the hidden faces in the party that wanted to sabotage him were only digging the party’s grave.

Sources hinted the paper that the charged supporters of Boafo prevented the vetting of other aspirants for the chairmanship position.

Meanwhile, all attempts to reach out to Mr. Arthur Boafo to know his next line of action could not materialize as his mobile phones were switched off. Grapevine information, however, suggests he might seek legal redress.

By: Kwadwo Essel/ thePublisher