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Abuga Pele defeated in constituency primary

A former National Coordinator of the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA), Abuga Pele has lost his seat in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primary in the Chiana-Paga constituency in the Upper East Region.

The voting exercise which saw about 13,602 delegates vote in this primary, at 7am in 58 polling stations.

Lawyer Rudolf Nsowine polled 4337 votes to win the slot to contest for the seat in the upcoming general election on the NDC's ticket.

The incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency Abuga Pele polled 4277 votes whilst the third contestant polled, Jonathan Nyaaba, had 825 votes.

Initially some delegates agitated for the creation of an extra polling station at the Kurugu electoral area to enable those commuting from long distance areas to cast their votes, which the executive complied with.

The NDC's primary in this constituency was rescheduled after members of the party in the constituency and contenders of Abuga Pele challenged his eligibility to contest in The primary because he was standing trial in a GYEEDA scandal.

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