Why Okoe-Boye lost his seat – explains Ben Ephson

General news for Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-12-08

Ledzokuku constituency member of Parliament Bernard Okoe-Boye may have contributed to his own troubles by indirectly instigating the arrests of some of his constituents for indiscipline, in regards to observing coronavirus protocols.

The deputy, who is also deputy minister of Health, lost his seat after the parliamentary elections on December 7 to his opponent on the NDC side, Benjamin Ayiku Nartey, who obtained 55,938 votes compared to his 5,4072 in that area.

Speaking with Daniel Oduro at the GhanaWeb Election Board, Mr. Ephson, who had previously projected chances of a victory for Mr. Okoe-Boye, suggested that some past decisions that were very pertinent and necessary, but which affected his voters, may have explained the problem. dynamic in regards to your loss.

Narrating events as they happened in the past, he said:

“Okoe-Boye until Homowo was fine. Teshie and the others lacked infrastructure and he had done well, but the last straw was during the Homowo, when the people of Teshie do the Lapka (dancing and playing drums from Teshie to Labadi) and he made the police I stopped them because as Vice Minister of Health giving the COVID-19 protocols, the police arrested some of them and it was the NDC candidate who went to rescue them so it was something very complicated ”.

However, he agrees that he had to play his role as a minister at the time as well to make sure the right thing was done and avoiding it for his own benefit could have been sacrilege.

However, commenting on past trends, he said: “During the last 5, 6 elections, Ledzokuku has never voted for the same person twice.”