Lydia Alhassan beats John Dumelo to Ayawaso West Wuogon seat

John Dumelo and Lydia Alhassan

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has retained her seat.

She beat NDC’s John Dumelo to retain the Ayawaso West Wuogon seat and will be steering the affairs in parliament for the next for years.

NPP’s Lydia Seyram Alhassan polled 39,851 while NDC’s John Dumel earned 37,778 of votes.

Ayawaso West Wuogon

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Before the result was declared Dumelo said he is winning as Lydia also announced her victory.

“We are still waiting for the Electoral commission to declare the final results. By the projection, I am in pole position to win when all the results are verified by the EC. “🙏🏿, Dumelo posted.

We are still waiting for the Electoral commission to declare the final results. By the projection, I am in pole position to win when all the results are verified by the EC. 🙏🏿.

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The NPP candidate wrote, “Thank you God for an answered prayer. Thank you Ayawaso West Wuogon for this Victory. I take my scripture from Proverbs 21:31”.

See her post below;

Ayawaso West Wuogon

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