Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, the Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem Central constituency has denied reports that he instigated the arrest of his contender in the impending New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries.
This comes after the office of the Special Prosecutor arrested a parliamentary aspirant for the Asante Akyem Central constituency Kofi Ofosu Nkansah following.
After the arrest, the Asante Akyem Constituency Secretary of the NPP, Felix Amakye constituency, alleged that a complaint by his competitor and current Member of Parliament for the area Kwame Ayimadu, caused the arrest of Kofi Ofosu Nkansah.
He alleged that the MP became envious of his competitor after Mr Ofosu Nkansah offered a Christmas package of GHC500 Cedis to delegates while he, the MP, offered GHC300 to the delegates.
OSP picked up the Chief Executive officer of the NEIP Wednesday afternoon on the basis of an allegation allegedly leveled against him by his contender in the upcoming New Patriotic Party parliamentary primaries.
Chief Executive of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has however been released.
Reacting in an exclusive interview with host of Atinka FM’s Morning show, Nana Yaw Fianko, the Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem Central constituency Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi said the reports are falsehoods meant to tarnish his reputation.
The lawmaker says the allegations are mere speculations that cannot be substantiated.
“It’s mere speculation that cannot be proved. Asante Akyem Constituency Secretary of the NPP, Felix Amakye constituency is just peeved because I did not support him in his bid to be an MCE,” Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi added.
The NPP party has cleared 326 parliamentary aspirants for the January 27 primaries to elect its parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has sitting MPs.
Out of the total number of 373 aspirants, who filed to contest the primaries, after vetting, 29 are going unopposed, 11 were disqualified, two were referred to the National Executive Committee (NEC), two stepped down, one incomplete form and two did not show up for vetting leaving the qualified aspirants for the primaries at 326.
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