{"id":58524,"date":"2023-04-17T11:52:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/17\/john-dumelo-warms-hearts-as-he-dances-with-his-political-rival-lydia-alhassan\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T11:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T11:52:50","slug":"john-dumelo-warms-hearts-as-he-dances-with-his-political-rival-lydia-alhassan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/17\/john-dumelo-warms-hearts-as-he-dances-with-his-political-rival-lydia-alhassan\/","title":{"rendered":"John Dumelo warms hearts as he dances with his political rival, Lydia Alhassan \u00bb \u2122-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>In a video which is gaining momentum online, John Dumelo can be seen dancing with Lydia Alhassan, his political adversary who defeated him for the Ayawaso West Wougon seat in the 2020 parliamentary elections. <\/p>\n<p>Recall that in the 2020 elections, Lydia Alhassan of the NPP defeated the actor and politician by 37,778 votes to 39,851 votes. The two lawmakers could be seen dancing gleefully at an event in a video that was released online, despite their fierce antagonism. <\/p>\n<p>Internet users have praised the two leaders for embracing unity and togetherness and presenting a wonderful example of leadership in response to the video. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the elections 2024, the two candidates will face off once more for the constituency seat.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"qjBg3GdD86U\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Dumelo challenges Lydia Alhassan on the dance floor\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qjBg3GdD86U?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In a related development, John Dumelo has slammed his friend cum political rival Fred Nuamah for publicly saying he sought his approval before picking nomination forms to contest the NDC primaries for the Ayawaso West Wuogon seat.<\/p>\n<p>In a previous sequel to this report as shared by\u00a0<strong>www.Ghbase.com<\/strong>, Fred claimed he actually informed John Dumelo of his intentions to run for the Ayawaso West Wuogon position.<\/p>\n<p>He continued by saying that he had given him the go-ahead and the blessing to run for the constituency on the NDC ticket. He furthered that the celebrated actor had outlined to him why he wanted to run for the vacant SALL seat in the Oti Region rather than Ayawaso West Wuogon which informed his decision.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was surprised when, all of a sudden, John Dumelo made a U-turn to announce that he would be vying for the Ayawaso West seat once again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruthfully, I am surprised about his U-turn because it was evident and crystal clear that he was not going for the Ayawaso seat anymore and rather invested in Guan\/SALL. Frankly, it\u2019s late to step down\u2026He gave me his blessings when I made up my mind to contest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have rather expected him to honour his word when he said he won\u2019t contest the seat and, therefore, throw his support behind me,\u201d Nuamah had said.<\/p>\n<p>John Dumelo however responded to what Fred Nuamah said in the recent edition of United Shobiz by saying he lied about everything.<\/p>\n<p>Dumelo claims that Fred is no longer his friend because their 20-year friendship has come to an end after stabbing him in the back with his proclamations and the turn of events.<\/p>\n<p>He also intimated there\u2019s no way he (Fred) can win the NDC primaries let alone defeat NPP\u2019s Lydia Seyram Alhassan<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.69 --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; In a video which is gaining momentum online, John Dumelo can be seen dancing with Lydia Alhassan, his political adversary who defeated him for the Ayawaso West Wougon seat in the 2020 parliamentary elections. 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