Nandom: Ambrose Dery’s boys accused of orchestrating fraud in NPP Parliamentary Primaries

One of the aspirants in the Parliamentary primary race of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Nandom Constituency, Alois K. K. Mohl, has petitioned the national party to investigate machinations being employed to tarnish his reputation and hinder his candidacy.

He has accused the Nandom Constituency Secretary, Martin Wuoyang, of orchestrating fraudulent activities in an attempt to have him disqualified from the party’s parliamentary primaries scheduled for Saturday, January 27, 2024.

Among others, Mohl alleged that on January 7, 2024 two Polling Station executives, Philip Naaka and Simon Nibedong Mwaakpaar, were coerced into signing a letter that accused him (Alois Mohl) of forging their signatures and thumbprints on his nomination forms.

The letter, dated January 4, 2024, was addressed to the General Secretary and circulated on various WhatsApp platforms by people believed to be associates of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Ambrose Dery who is also the Minister for Interior.

Upon discovering the letter, Mohl contacted the executives, who claimed they did not write it and that they were coerced to sign it by the Constituency Secretary.

Subsequently, Simon Nibedong Mwaakpaar, in a WhatsApp chat with Mohl, detailed the pressure exerted on him by Gregory Naacke (Who is the PA to Hon. Ambrose Dery) and others to sign the letter though he refused to author it.

Distressed and ashamed by what he was allegedly forced to do, Simon Nibedong Mwaakpaar issued a public disclaimer on January 9, 2024, stating that he never wrote the letter but was forced to sign it against his will.

Alois Mohl questioned how the nomination forms he filed at the national headquarters and submitted to the Vetting Committee found its ways into the hands of his detractors who have photocopied portions and are using same to harass party members who endorsed it.

We have reliably gathered that following the submission of his nomination forms, the NPP Constituency Secretary for Nandom petitioned the NPP General Secretary alleging that Alois Mohl forged signatures and thumbprints of two polling station executives.

Subsequently, Mwaakpaar Nibedong Simon disclaimed the petition and indicated that he was first coerced to write the letter accusing Alois Mohl of signature fraud but he refused.

And that on January 7, 2024 he was picked from home to the party office where the Constituency Secretary, Martin Wuoyang, had written the letter alleging Alois Mohl used his (Mwaakpaar Simon) details without his knowledge to file his nomination.

“I want to say that I fully consented to filling Uncle Alois Mohl’s forms. People should disregard the one circulating in which he is accused of forgery.”

“I was pressured by Gregory Naaeke and other polling station executives from the Kogper Polling Station. I, therefore, pologize to Hon. Alois Mohl,” the disclaimer stated.

Alois Mohl contended that these actions are part of a larger scheme to support his disqualification from contesting the Interior Minister for the Nandom seat.

He called on the party to investigate the alleged infiltration of his nomination form at the national level, which found its way into “foreign hands,” leading to the harassment of those who endorsed it.

Alois Mohl also accused the Regional vetting committee of bias, seeking appropriate sanctions against both the Constituency Secretary and the Regional vetting committee.

He demanded a fair resolution to restore integrity to the party in the region, particularly in Nandom and vowed to redeem his image through any legal avenues available to him.

There is more to come.

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