I knew Sir John will lose massively; the votes he polled even surprised me – Gen. Mosquito

• Posted on April 15, 2014April 15, 2014
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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General Secretary for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah says he knew deep down within his heart that his friend and former Chief Scribe of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie will be “booted” out from office.

According to him, though ‘Sir John’ loss never came to him as a surprise, he was amazed that he could manage to poll 1990 votes at the just ended conference in Tamale.

“I am not surprise he [Sir John] lost…never! Even the votes he polled were too much. I knew very well that he was going to be defeated same as Jake Obetsebi Lamptey [former NPP chairman],” he said.

He however added that, as the good he was, he had wanted to advise Sir John to forgo seeking reelection, but knowing very well of his [Sir John’s] character, he kept that good counsel to himself.

Speaking on Adom FM, the NDC Chief Scribe also known as ‘General Mosquito’ opined that despite the NPP’s overhaul of its national executives, the NDC is not troubled in anyway.

“Even Sir John wasn’t able to match me boot for boot when he and his executives were elected some years back. The NDC is not scared of the NPP and their new executives. They [NPP] have selected their team for 2016 but they should remember that the NDC is yet to select theirs. The NDC will forever be stronger than them,” he said.

He also cautioned the newly elected NPP General Secretary, Kwabena Agyapong, that if his strategy is to pit himself against him [Asiedu Nketiah], then he will “fail”, adding that the change in guard of the NPP’s National Executives, might affect the ambition of its two-time presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to become the next flagbearer of the party in 2016.

Author: Ambrose Washman