Defeated NDC Chairman blames former secretary for alleged irregularities

Richard Asiedu, the incumbent Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has lost his re-election bid blaming former Regional Secretary, Nii Commey Adams, for the alleged inclusion of unrecognised names in the delegates’ list.Asiedu, who secured 364 votes against Obeng Nkum’s 372, alleged that the former secretary facilitated the influx of names that were not recognised by some party stakeholders into the delegates’ list ahead of the regional elections, which he claimed contributed to his defeat.