... Selling off the US embassy hunts him
Firm intelligence gathered from the Chronicle's field reporters, confirmed that Mr. Alan Kyeremanten is in freefall in the standing of delegates for this Saturday's congress.
Instead of playing by the book and the simple code of conduct, the usually genteel Alan has managed to provoke a backlash across the nation with the aspirant suffering the most electoral bleeding in Upper East and West where it has become almost too late to recover.
With executive influence now openly in evidence, the standing of the golden boy has become almost fatal and last nights visit of the President to Brong Ahafo region on ostensibly official visit, was interpreted by locals to be a meeting with party chairmen. The lights at the official residence had to be turned off before the party chairmen allegedly sneaked in to jaw-jaw with the President who plugged for his favourite son. Most of the chairmen were said to be away, on purpose on not, but it was established that Alan's base in the region now hangs on a needle.
However through Mr. Peter Adom, pockets of towns like Kintampo, Techiman North and South where DCE Razak leads an Alan for President campaign right to the tip of Ashanti region at the borders of Kumawu town. Here Mr. D, K Edusei remains the sole remaining chairman of chairmen loyal to Alan, the rest of the super chairmen of the Asante NPP having broken ranks from the corp of supporters which include Mr. Phillip Basoa.
In the Volta region, the rebellion to the Kyeremanten imposition has backfired badly with his North Dayi chairman Efo Phillipo breaking party code of conduct by moving out of his territory to campaign with him in Takoradi. The deselect ion of Mr Raymond Okudzeto, the grand financier of the party in the region and promoter of the Volta Foundation ostensibly by powers that have left a sour taste in the mouth of delegates who see him as the force behind the wrath against Nyonyo Agboada, otherwise known as Torgbui Sri, and touched off a serious revolt against Alan.
The understanding is that Alan warned Mr. Tommy Amametekpor when he learnt from his intelligence sources that even though he is the President's close friend, Tommy who is the president's adviser in the region is seriously a supporter of Nana Akufo Addo, and not Alan. He has allegedly been threatened with banishment by an Alan Presidency if he does not fall in line.
The region that saved the NPP from certain defeat, Central region, is where Alan began to sew his seeds even before the whistle for the campaign began.
After returning in a hush after a diabetic insulin stroke threatened, Alan left the United States hurriedly after he sold off the United States embassy and bought another property in the town but at a much more reduced price as a replacement.
The story of the sale and the buyer, a Phillipino business is steeped in scandal that the National Democratic Congress is waiting to unload at the heat of the 2008 general elections.
In the Biakoye Constituency, Chairman Anane Forson fought tirelessly for his constituency and managed to get accreditation to the delegate's congress at the eleventh hour. It emerged the pro-Alan forces in the region schemed to have the businessman chairman rejected when it was discovered that Anane and his 10 member executives were not entirely comfortable with Alan, even though Alan had staged his most rapturous rally in that constituency. To Mr. Kosina who contested and lost out to Anane Adjei Forson who supports Alan. Tommy, 63, recommended a coordinator for Akufo Addo, Mr. Blagogee, but he is suspected to be a Trojan horse. Mr. Peter Amewu, the DCE was told to verify Biakoye's standing at the courts and he returned on 14th December to the Hohoe High court to confirm that there is no court order standing against Biakoye going to delegates conference.
Yesterday, Alan breezed into the Freedom Hotel at Ho in the Volta region yesterday and left out Biakoye in his money train as Kofi Dzamesi, Stephen Ntim and Kenwood Nuworsu helped him in distributing c50 million for each of the 22 constituencies but left only c5 million to the constituency to fix their car. In this particular, the discrimination against Biakoye will reverberate in the town
