According to him, he was surprised by John Dumelo’s U-turn to run again and added that there is no way he will withdraw from the contest, indicating that he has come too far to withdraw.
“Honestly, it’s too late to withdraw. My brother told me and many people that he will not contest in Wuogon West Ayawaso constituency. He gave his blessing when I decided to contest. he will not go to Ayawaso seat again and invest more in Guan/SALL,” said Mr. Nuamah.
“I prefer to hope that he will honor his word when he said that he will not compete for the seat and therefore, support him behind me” he added.
This comes after Ghanaians were shocked by the news that Fred Nuamah and John Dumelo will battle it out for the NDC parliamentary candidacy for Ayawaso West Wuogon ahead of the 2024 general elections.
In his first attempt, who was also his first opponent, who succeeded his late husband in the contest, Mr. Dumelo lost after getting 37,478 votes representing 48.3% against Mrs. Alhassan’s 39,851 votes, equal to 51.4%.
The results appear to favor John Dumelo despite his defeat as he secured 8.7 percent of the votes for the NDC while the NPP lost 5.9 percent of the votes from its previous performance.
This gave Mr. Dumelo confidence as he claimed that the coming election is the time to wrest the NDC’s second seat in history since Rebecca Akweley Adotey’s victory in 1996.
Although they will contest for the same position, in the same party, and in the same constituency (Ayawaso West Wuogon), John and Fred are good friends; Fred was John’s best man at his wedding in 2019.