Jomoro CPP parliamentary candidate congratulates Jomoro MP-elect
The Convention People s Party (CPP) 2020 parliamentary candidate of Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region, Patrick Ekye Kwessie has congratulated Dorcas Afo-Toffey for recapturing the Jomoro parliamentary seat for the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The Jomoro Parliamentary seat was contested by four candidates and at the end of the polls on Monday, December 7, 2020, Dorcas Afo-Toffey of NDC polled 24,356 votes to beat the incumbent NPP MP, Paul Essien who also polled 19,889 votes, followed by Samia Yaba Nkrumah, the Independent candidate who had 10,539 votes and Patrick Ekye Kwessie who managed to poll 235 votes.
Paul Essien won the Jomoro Parliamentary seat for the first time since 1992 in 2016 for the NPP but failed to maintain it for his party.
NDC accuses defeated Jomoro MP of leading attack on Jomoro MP-elect
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Jomoro Constituency of the Western Region has accused the out-going Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Paul Essien of leading an attack on the MP-elect, Dorcas Afo-Toffey at her residence at Bonyere on Thursday night.
On Friday afternoon, December 11, 2020, a day after the incident, reporter Daniel Kaku visited the residence of Madam Dorcas Afo-Toffey and saw some of the stones, sticks, metals among others which were thrown at her.
The police have since made no arrest. The Jomoro MP-elect s residence has been surrounded by armed soldiers who are providing security for her and her family.