Former Greater Accra Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Ade Coker, has warned that the NDC risks losing the Odododiodio seat if the concerns surrounding the party’s parliamentary primary in the district are not addressed properly.
Following a violent incident at the Greater Accra Regional office during the vetting of contenders for the Odododiodio Constituency, the party has paused all operations relating to the parliamentary primary in the constituency.
The NDC’s Functional Executive Committee (FEC) later referred the incident to a special committee for inquiry.
Ade Coker, speaking on Citi TV’s Face to Face show, emphasised the need to handle the situation appropriately to guarantee that the party does not lose the seat in the 2024 general elections.
“If they don’t handle it well, we will lose that seat, and people must be up and doing because people who have gone to contest in that constituency don’t deserve to be there because that is not their constituency. There is a former NPP person who has been brought in, and he is contesting contrary to the party’s constitution, demanding that he should have served the party within a timeframe before contesting. Unfortunately, there is another person who is a former MP for Amasaman who should have gone to Amasaman to ensure that they win the seat again, yet he is contesting at Odododiodio.”