Correspondence from Eastern Region
Landslide victory for Michael Okyere Baafi as he captures New Juaben South Constituency candidacy from incumbent MP, Mark Assibey-Yeboah in NPP primaries on Saturday, June 20 in Koforidua.
Mr. Okyere Baafi polled 372 votes out of the total number of 572 votes cast.
Incumbent MP, Dr. Assibey-Yeboah polled a total of 200 votes.
A total of 10 voters did not turn up to vote, however.
According to information gathered by GhanaWeb, several reasons led to his loss including his poor human relationship with delegates and constituents.
Some also raised allegations that he was mostly absent in his constituency and thus creates a big relationship gap between him and his constituents.
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