{"id":144496,"date":"2024-01-28T13:11:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T13:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/28\/farouk-mahama-wins-npp-primary-in-yendi-despite-chaotic-counting-process\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T13:11:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T13:11:42","slug":"farouk-mahama-wins-npp-primary-in-yendi-despite-chaotic-counting-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/28\/farouk-mahama-wins-npp-primary-in-yendi-despite-chaotic-counting-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Farouk Mahama wins NPP primary in Yendi despite chaotic counting process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has declared the Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama, as the party\u2019s parliamentary candidate-elect for the area.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP\u2019s parliamentary poll in the area was disrupted on Saturday, January 27, during the counting process.<\/p>\n<p>Someone was allegedly caught spoiling the ballots of Farouk\u2019s opponent, Hajia Abibata Shani Mahama Zakari, which led to massive confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Counting was then put on hold, but the NPP Northern Regional Communications Director, Yusif Danjuma, in a <strong>Citi News<\/strong> interview, said the party continued the collation and declared the MP the winner after tallying the results.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1013023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Yendi-Scuffle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"356\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Yusif Danjuma said Farouk Aliu Mahama polled 569 votes while Hajia Abibata Shani Mahama had 213 votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe poll was declared yesterday by the national and the regional reps that were there to monitor the elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had 735 registered voters and 734 turnout, and Farouk Aliu Mahama had 569 [votes], and Hajia Abibata Shani Mahama also had 213 [votes], and so when the incident happened, her votes were intact and a bit of Farouk\u2019s was disrupted, but they were able to organize the counting and tally the figures and declared Farouk Aliu Mahama as the Yendi parliamentary candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! \ud83c\udf10\ud83d\udcf0 #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital says<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has declared the Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama, as the party\u2019s parliamentary candidate-elect for the area. 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