Ayawaso West Wuogon: We didn’t share food; we only gave drinks to our agents, EC officials – NPP

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, Osman Iddrisu has dismissed claims the Member of Parliament(MP) and Parliamentary Candidate, Lydia Seyram Alhassan did not share food during the special voting exercise on Monday, December 2, 2024.

Mr Iddrisu has insisted they only shared water and drinks.

In an interview on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Tuesday, he explained that, the water and drinks were even for Electoral Commission(EC) officials and NPP agents but not the voters.

“It is not true. We did not take any food to the centre; it was just drinks and water for the agents and EC officials. It was only four voters who requested for water to drink.

“It is our tradition that when people are working, we must get something for them to eat so we didn’t give it to people who are voting, we gave it to people who are our agents and the EC officers,” he stated.

Footage from the Legon Police Station polling centre, captured Madam Alhassan on Monday handing out bags of food and water to individuals in the voting queue assisted by her team.

The incident caused some agitation at the polling centre, raising concerns about voter influence.

But Mr Iddrisu has said the allegations are mere propaganda by the National Democratic Congress(NDC).

He questioned why the NDC did not hand over anybody to the Police if indeed they witnessed cases of voter influence.

“Lydia Alhassan and Dumelo were both at the centre to engage the voters but there was no attempt to influence voters in any way. If I was an agent, I would have brought the Police in instead of running to the media to complain. They should stop spreading lies,” he added.

Meanwhile, the MP has denied the allegations, claiming she was not even at the centre when the distribution took place.