{"id":149819,"date":"2024-02-10T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T10:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/10\/cop-alex-mensah-was-no-competition-for-me-i-was-well-prepared\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T10:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T10:18:10","slug":"cop-alex-mensah-was-no-competition-for-me-i-was-well-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/10\/cop-alex-mensah-was-no-competition-for-me-i-was-well-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"COP Alex Mensah was no competition for me, I was well prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Bekwai, Ralph Poku-Adusei, has confidently stated that Retired Commissioner of Police (COP), George Alex Mensah, posed no challenge to him in the primaries.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being widely expected to secure victory with the endorsement of the incumbent MP, Joseph Osei-Owusu, COP Mensah faced defeat as Mr Poku-Adusei emerged triumphant with 662 votes, while the retired commissioner secured 245 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The other contenders, Henry Opoku-Ware and Kingsley Opoku Agyemang polled 30 and 1 vote, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The primary, featuring four candidates aiming to replace Joseph Osei-Owusu, who opted not to seek re-election, saw the unexpected outcome of COP Mensah losing despite the public backing of the current MP.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Selorm Adonoo on Eyewitness News, Mr. Poku-Adusei expressed his readiness and long-term preparation for leading the constituency, dating back to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the decision of Mr. Osei-Owusu not to seek re-election had been known since the last general elections, making COP Mensah\u2019s entry into the race relatively late.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that it was a bit too late for him (COP Mensah) to join the race at the time that he did. But the information that Hon Osei-Owusu was not contesting was already out\u2026 Right after the elections, it was quite clear that he was not going to seek re-election come 2023\/2024 as was initially anticipated. All that time I was involved in the race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at my preparation towards this contest, it started way way back I think somewhere in 2015 when I identified the opportunity that one day I can serve the people of Bekwai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started preparing towards that. Logistically, financially and otherwise\u2026winning was out of the contest for him (COP Mensah). 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Despite being widely expected to secure victory with the endorsement of the incumbent MP, Joseph Osei-Owusu, COP Mensah faced defeat as Mr Poku-Adusei emerged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COP Alex Mensah was no competition for me, I was well prepared - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/10\/cop-alex-mensah-was-no-competition-for-me-i-was-well-prepared\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COP Alex Mensah was no competition for me, I was well prepared - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Bekwai, Ralph Poku-Adusei, has confidently stated that Retired Commissioner of Police (COP), George Alex Mensah, posed no challenge to him in the primaries. 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