The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ade Coker has described the opposition New Patriotic Party as οΏ½bad losersοΏ½, claiming that there is a certain tradition in the party that has called for the recent election petition.
Speaking on Peace FM, Mr. Ade Coker stated that the idea of the NPP to pursue their election grievances in court is because the party cuts across two sides.
He explained that the NPP is divided among itself in two factions, which is the οΏ½Ashanti mafia and the Akyem mafia.οΏ½
He said the historic background of the party has shown that the οΏ½Akyem mafiaοΏ½ group does not accept electoral results unlike the other faction which has always lived above the possibilities of challenging election results in the court.
He alluded to the well-known book οΏ½Stolen verdictοΏ½ authored by the late Professor Adu Boahene which sought to specify some electoral flaws when the NPP lost the 1992 Presidential bid and former President KufourοΏ½s three time acceptance of electoral results from 1996 to 2004.
He was therefore of the view that the Akyem faction does not accept electoral results.
οΏ½For the Akyem mafia, when they donοΏ½t win elections, they will go to courtοΏ½ he stated.
He also questioned the NPP over its election petition at the Supreme Court, asking if they οΏ½had won the elections, would you be in court today? Would you come and tell us, οΏ½pink sheets, I was not there and you were not thereοΏ½? Bad faith, bad faith; you are bad losers.οΏ½
He defined their petition as an οΏ½academic exercise because of the bad faith these people (NPP) have and the fact that they are not good losers.οΏ½
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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