NDC MP for Asuogyaman, Hon. Ampem Nyarko, implicated in illegal Voter Transfer Scheme
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) claimed to have in its possession what it described as “hardcore and irrefutable evidence” that shows that the NDC MP for Asuogyaman Constituency, Hon. Ampem Nyarko, has been illegally busing people from North Tongu and other constituencies to undertake vote transfers in the Asuogyaman Constituency with the sole motive of voting for him to win the imminent 2024 parliamentary elections.
The party said it is imperative to expose, beforehand, the criminal and pretentious demeanour of Hon. Ampem Nyarko and the NDC during the voter registration and vote transfer exercises.
It referenced an incidence during the voter registration exercise where Hon. Ampem Nyarko is purported to haveirresponsibly confronted a number of agents whom Hon. Pius Enam Hadzide had assembled to perform agent duties on his behalf, labelling them as intruders.
The party said it heard Hon. Ampem Nyarko falsely accusing the NPP of busing people from outside Asuogyaman to register in the constituency, and that amidst the noise and 'thuggish' behaviour of him, the NPP had been aware of his illegal activities and had set in motion intelligence operations to expose him.
According to the party, a tape recording captured the NDC MP addressing people he bussed from North Tongu and other constituencies to transfer their votes to Asuogyaman. In the words of Hon. Ampem Nyarko, the margin with which he won the 2020 parliamentary elections is very slim and that if he doesn’t bus people from the Volta region to register and transfer their votes to the Asuogyaman constituency, he will lose the seat to Hon. Pius Enam Hadzede.
“In 2020, I beat Paul Ansah with a margin of 1,200 out of 24,000… so this is not a place to joke. If you joke a little, it can slip,” Hon. Ampem Nyarko has said on the tape.
NPP also alleged that Hon. Ampem Nyarko lured the unsuspecting young electorates to transfer their votes to Asuogyaman with the promise of monetary reward.
“So, for those who have been able to do the transfer, I will give you GHC100. And those who were not able to transfer their votes, I will give you GHC20 each as transport money. But make sure you come early tomorrow because you already have numbers and you will be attended to first to transfer your votes. When you are done with the transfer, I will give you the GHC100.” Ampem Nyarko said.
The NPP condemns this illegal conduct by the NDC in the Asuogyaman constituency and wishes to state that persons who are not residents of Asuogyaman but clandestinely brought in by the NDC for the purposes of vote transfer shall be prevented by any means from illegally transferring their votes to the constituency.
What is revealing in all this is the obvious failure and incompetence of Hon. Ampem Nyarko as MP for Asuogyaman, for which the constituents have vowed to vote against him in 2024.
In the 8 years of his tenure as MP, Hon. Ampem Nyarko has been a disaster and can’t pinpoint anything that he has done to positively impact the lives and livelihoods of the good people of Asuogyaman. His unpopularity in the constituency has risen to a fearsome crescendo, and he surmises that busing people from the Volta region can save him.
In a related development, our intelligence team also picked that he has entered Kpong community in the Lower Manya Krobo constituency, giving people GHS200 to transfer their votes. He has been accused of paying a visit to some security personnel with the intention of luring them to transfer their votes to his constituency.
The NPP assured Ampem Nyarko that the party will challenge every single illegal move to facilitate transfer of votes to Asuogyaman and get the perpetrators’ names expunged from the final register.
The party expressed confidence in Hon. Pius Enam Hadzideas the preferred parliamentary candidate of the NPP and the people of Asuogyaman. The party is optimistic that come what may Hon. Pius Enam Hadzide shall emerge as the Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman on December 7, 2024.