Ghanaian politician, Hopeson Adorye has revealed some of the underhand dealings used by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to sway the 2016 election in their favour.
The former leading member of the party revealed that the NPP used dynamites in the Volta Region to scare voters ahead of the election in an interview with Accra FM.
He said that this strategy resulted in lower voter turnout on election day.
Adorye observed that the Volta Region’s voter turnout was noticeably low by 2:00 PM on election day.
He concluded that because of what the NPP did, they had a strong belief they would win the election which they eventually did.
“Prior to the elections, we blasted dynamite In parts of the Volta Region and that scared a number of people.
When I finished casting my ballot in Tema, I drove to the Volta Region and when I asked for the number of people who had voted and the expected number of voters, it turned out people did not come out to vote.
Adorye to beg Mahama on live TV
Hopeson Adorye’s recent statements have been causing frustration within his former party ever since he decided to part ways with them.
He was in the news recently when he admitted during an interview on the same platform that he intends to publicly seek forgiveness from John Dramani Mahama for spreading falsehoods about him while he was affiliated with the ruling party.
Adorye, who left the NPP to join Alan Kyeremanteg’s Movement for Change, praised Mahama as an exemplary figure with a superior track record compared to Nana Akufo-Addo.
He also expressed concerns about corruption and land grabbing under the current administration, emphasizing the need for prosecution to deter such actions in the future.
He described John Dramani Mahama as an angel who performed creditably well during his tenure as opposed to the Akufo-Addo-led NPP government.
“John Mahama was an Angel. One day I will kneel on National television and apologize to him and say I’m sorry. The kind of things I said about him, I didn’t know he was an angel.
He is an Angel. We destroyed him for nothing. As compared to today, Mahama was better,” he said.