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NPP stalwart and nephew to President Akufo-Addo,Gabby Otchere-Darko has rebuffed Kwesi Pratt Jnr’s claim that the NDC won the special voting at all baracks in the just ended 2020 polls.
According to Gabby Otchere-Darko, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, an astute and highly-respected Journalist delivered a speech indicating that the leading opposition party, NDC had majority of votes during the special voting in the 2020 elections.[ads2]
Rebuffing the claims of the ace Ghanaian journalist, Gabby Otchere-Darko revealed that the NPP won the special voting with about 20,982 votes margin against the NDC.
Gabby Otchere-Darko stated that the NPP won in all but six of the thirty-one Constituencies where the voting took place which include NDC’s stronghold La Dadekotopon in Greater Accra.[ads3]
“Nana Akufo-Addo won in Greater Accra (NPP won in all but 6 of the 31 constituencies where voting took place, including La Dadekotopon). NPP won in Oti, Western, Western North, Northern, North East, Eastern, Central, Bono East, Bono, Ashanti and Ahafo and mainly by huge margins”, Gabby Otchere-Darko wrote on Facebook.[ads4]
Read below his full response below;
“I have listened to a speech delivered by Kwesi Pratt Jr, where he gave the impression that the NDC won the votes of the security services. But, the votes of the barracks in Greater Accra and most places across the country do not support this claim. 2020 SPECIAL VOTING involved mainly the security services and some journalists”
“Please see below the 2020 SPECIAL VOTING NATIONAL RESULTS FACTS CHECKED
NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS – 109,608
TURNOUT (ISSUED BALLOTS) – 92,735 representing 84.6%
NPP – 56,446 – 60.9%
NDC – 35,464 – 38.2%
* Note that valid votes is slightly less at 92511 (84.4%)”“Nana Akufo-Addo won in Greater Accra (NPP won in all but 6 of the 31 constituencies where voting took place, including La Dadekotopon). NPP won in Oti, Western, Western North, Northern, North East, Eastern, Central, Bono East, Bono, Ashanti and Ahafo and mainly by huge margins”
“John Mahama only managed to win (1) Volta by a margin of 2,166, (2) Upper West by a margin of 4 votes, (3) Upper East by a 907 margin and (4) Savannah by a margin of 91”
“Overall NPP won the special votes by a margin of 20,982.”[ads5]