The former member of parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sara Adwoa Safo has narrated how Mike Oquaye Jnr attempted to get her removed from a meeting at the 2024 presidential candidate of the NPP Dr Mahamudu Bawumia campaign office.
According to Adwoa Safo, Mike Ocquaye Jnr once said during a meeting at Dr Bawumia’s campaign office that the meeting could not proceed while she was present and that she should be escorted out.
She further asserted that Mike Ocquaye Jnr was not comfortable around her.
Speaking on OKAY FM, Adwoa Safo narrated, “When I got to the meeting, the former General Secretary John Boadu was there, My father Mac Manu was there other NPP bigwigs were there gathered around a table in Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign office.
Oquaye said if I was going to be part of the meeting, the meeting would not happen so I should be made to leave. I made him know that I was not a pushover, he could not push me, during that time a new MP had not even been sworn in, so I was still the sitting member of parliament I am talking about just this December”.
She further added, “When it comes to the law, I finished my law school education before you and in the Law profession seniority is used. I have done 23 years at the bar, how many years have you done at the bar for you to say I should be sacked when you did not call for the meeting?
Kodua and some other men stepped out to talk with him, and he came back to sit in the meeting. When they closed I informed the NPP elders that when they were walking they said that Adwoa Safo was not helping him in his work, but at a meeting in this small room he was not comfortable around me, so I had to leave. Is it when he is on a platform that he is going to let me speak?”.
Sara Adwoa Safo also boldly bragged that Dome Kwabenya is Adwoa Safo, and Adwoa Safo is Dome Kwabenya.
Sara Adwoa Safo is quoted by UTV to have said, “ Dome Kwabenya is Adwoa Safo, and Adwoa Safo is Dome Kwabenya. That’s the reality. Period!”.
Sara Adwoa Safo after losing the NPP primaries to Mike Oquaye Jnr revealed, “I didn’t want that conflict, and I chose my words carefully when I lost. I was clear: I’m going to be with Dr. Bawumia and support other constituencies where I can,”
However, the former MP didn’t shy away from acknowledging the crucial factors that influenced the election.
“We had indicators coming from surveys, and my father and the church play a huge role in this constituency,” Safo noted, suggesting that a deeper look into the role of these influential factors could help the party regain control of the seat in the future.
Adwoa Safo in a recent interview revealed that Mike Oquaye Junior during the campaign period never visited any of the Christo Asafo churches but claimed the people of Kristo Asafo did not vote.
She revealed that the new member of parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Faustina Elikplim Akurugu visited the church four times.
The Electoral Commission (EC) officially declared Faustina Elikplim Akurugu of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the Member of Parliament-elect for the Dome Kwabenya constituency in the Greater Accra Region, following the December 7 election.
The declaration follows a dispute between the two major parties, the NDC and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), over the winner of the contest.
Ballot papers in the Dome Kwabenya constituency were reportedly set on fire, according to reports, the ballot papers were burnt after they were intercepted on their way to the collation centre.
The Dome Kwabenya seat has traditionally been a stronghold of the NPP.
The NPP candidate, Mike Oquaye Jr, garnered 50,669 votes, while Faustina Akurugu of the NDC secured 50,967 votes.
Meanwhile, Sara Adwoa Safo has boldly told Professor Mike Oquaye to tell the New Patriotic Party members why his son lost the Dome-Kwabenya seat in the 2024 election.
She asserted that Professor Mike Oquaye is writing a report on the NPP’s miserable defeat in the 2024 elections.
According to Adwoa Safo, before they believe Professor Mike Oquaye’s report he must first tell them why his son lost the Dome-Kwabenya seat to the NDC.
Watch the video below:
“Mike Ocquaye Jnr once said during a meeting at Dr. Bawumia’s campaign office that the meeting could not proceed while I was present and that I should be escorted out.” – Former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo pic.twitter.com/H7HKvhFZX0
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