Occupant Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako, otherwise called Wontumi, has been held after a wildly challenged political race at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
He surveyed 464 votes to beat his nearest competitor, Odeneho Chairman Kwaku Appiah (COKA) who accumulated 306 votes; with Asare Bediako, Kwabena Owusu Aduomi and Oheneba Adum Bawuah surveying 20, 9 and 3 votes individually.
With a distinction of 158 votes between the two leaders, one might presume that it was a simple ride for the occupant, however, occasions prompting the statement of the champ were brimming with debates, show, disorder and disarray.
Indeed, even before the arena was opened for delegates, allies of the two driving up-and-comers were seen entangled in a series of warmed contentions, establishing the vibe for a bitter political race.
As representatives sat down fully expecting casting a ballot to start, a misconception over the collection produced a strained climate, that deferred deciding in favour of more than two hours.
The Election Committee of the party, headed by the Regional Minister, Mr Simon Osei-Mensah anyway settled the issue, clearing the way for the democratic to start at around 1130 hours.
Then, at that point, came the qualification of Fomena and Obuasi West delegates to cast a ballot as COKA and his group brought up criticism about their support.
They contended that there were court directives controlling representatives from the two supporters from casting a ballot and promised not to permit them to cast a ballot.
Allies of Wontumi would anyway have no part of that as they demanded those representatives practice their establishment, bringing about a deadlock between the two contradicting camps.
In the end, delegates from the two electorates were prohibited from casting a ballot after the Electoral Commission (EC) said they couldn't oversee the impacted representatives casting a ballot to try not to be accused of disdain of court since they had been served.
At the point when the media and different onlookers thought they had seen sufficient show for one day after the goal of that issue, the democratic freedoms of the representatives of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) turned into one more bone of conflict between the two camps.
Group COnd dismissed the collection of TESCON, guaranteeing that the greater part of the names in the collection was pirated to give benefit Wontumi.
Following a few minutes of misconception, the EC started counting the voting forms when it ended up being clear the stalemate couldn't be settled at any point shortly.
An unconstrained celebration from the camp of Wontumi emitted the arena when they picked signals that Wontumi was winning the political race even before the EC formally declared the outcomes.
They held Chairman Wontumi shoulder high as they sang and moved to music to commend a hard-won triumph.
In different outcomes, Kwabena Senkyire lost the First Vice Chairmanship position to Patrick Acheampong who surveyed 358 votes as against 342 for Senkyire.
Nana Ama Ampomah, the occupant Women Organizer anyway held her situation after surveying 419 votes to beat Beatrice Owusu who had 344 votes with Adwoa Konadu getting 34 votes.
The occupant Secretary, Mr Kwaku Adom Appiah barely got away from rout after surveying 411 votes against 390 earned by Nelson Owusu Ansah, his main competitor.
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