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The defeated New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant in the Klottey Korle constituency, Valentino Nii Noi Nortey will contest the seat as an independent candidate in the November polls.
He made the declaration at Osu Alata Wednesday morning to his teeming supporters who have been mounting pressure on him to go independent since he lost the primary to Mr Philip Addison.
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His main contender and a member of the NPP legal team, Philip Addison managed to get the results annulled by an Accra High Court.
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Addison polled 396 out of the 765 votes cast to beat Nii Noi Nortey, who polled 367 votes.
His unhappy supporters impressed on him to contest as an independent candidate even though the national leadership pledged to calm tensions there and present a united front for this year’s parliamentary elections.
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"I have arrived at the decision, which resonates with the masses, to declare that I, Valentino Nii Noi Nortey, shall contest as parliamentary candidate in the 2016 parliamentary election in Klottey Korle constituency," he said.