Enraged supporters of the disqualified parliamentary aspirant, Michael Nii Yarboi, took their frustrations to the doorstep of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) headquarters in Accra, causing chaos and disrupting traffic. The protestors, expressing discontent over Yarboi’s disqualification, barricaded the road and littered the party’s office entrance with refuse.
The National Democratic Congress’s Functional Executive Committee (FEC) released a statement on Wednesday officially disqualifying Michael Nii Yarboi from participating in the upcoming parliamentary primary for the Odododiodioo Constituency. The decision stemmed from a report presented by a Special Committee tasked with investigating the disturbances that unfolded during the vetting of parliamentary aspirants on October 13, 2023, in the Odododiodioo Constituency.
According to an anonymous eyewitness who spoke to reporters had this to say: “According to them, they want an MP called Don and they have taken him out of the contest. Meanwhile, he is the one who has been helping the community for a very long time. Especially sending the youth in the community to school. They said he is sponsoring almost 13 or 18 students in university and SHS, so he is the one they want and not the other two because the other two according to them are incompetent.”
“One was given the nod as an assemblyman but couldn’t fulfil his promises and was given another chance to be a secretary but left the country for abroad and was back to seek the MP position. And the second one was an MP for Amasaman, and he couldn’t fulfil his promises there and wants to come to this constituency to make amends.” Meanwhile, the police have moved in to calm the situation.
In the meantime, the police have moved in to restore calm to the situation.
