2024 Election: I’m NPP but I’ll campaign for Dumelo to unseat Lydia Alhassan – Prince David Osei
Lydia Seyram Alhassan’s effort to keep her position as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon has gotten increasingly difficult as Prince David Osei, who campaigned for her before the 2020 election, appears to be deserting her.
Ghanaian actor Prince David Osei, a noted supporter of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stated that he will vote for John Dumelo, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency.
In an interview with GHOne on December 1, 2023, the actor revealed that despite being a member of the NPP, he is supporting Dumelo since the incumbent MP has failed to meet the constituency’s concerns.
He said that all efforts to persuade the MP to listen to the concerns of her constituency, notably students at the University of Ghana, had failed.
“Personally, it would not be shocking if you see me on a platform campaigning for John to win the Ayawaso seat even though he is NDC… I’m NPP but I would support John. You shouldn’t be alarmed if that happens because I feel like when people go all out for you, you don’t take them for granted. I stood on that platform, got a lot of insults because of Maa Lydia.
“At a point, I sent messages to her PA that some of these Legon students are really going through (sic), I have been trying to support, you’re the MP so hear them They never replied, nothing happened,” he said.
The actor added, “So personally, I felt like ok, if we are the same people that went there, got all the insults and humiliation all because they said we stood against our friend. Then if John has gotten the nod again, we would support him”.
If Lydia Alhassan wins the forthcoming NPP primaries on January 20, 2024, she would be pitted against John Dumelo in the 2024 legislature.
Watch the interview Here