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Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader, has replied, the National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Sofo Azorka, who threatened him.
According to Afenyo Markin, he would not abandon the Akwatia by-election and return to Accra due to Sofo Azorka’s death threats.
Afenyo Markin further called on NPP members not to tremble in fear of violence and to join the monitoring process.
Speaking to the media, Afenyo-Markin stated, “I’ve heard the NDC’s Vice Chairman, Sofo Azorka, is on radio and TV speaking against me and threatening to kill me. Well, that’s his own issue. What I know is that he and his Azorka boys are known for going about and killing people, and this is not his first time issuing threats, but I am not a coward.
“So, I want to tell the NPP leaders in Accra that the time is just 2 PM, and it’s not too late yet. We have foot soldiers on the ground. So, the rants of Azorka should not frighten anyone to sit in their rooms back in Accra out of fear. Politics is not conducted out of fear; it is done with courage,” he said.
The Minority Leader added, “Our forebears who established the party, the likes of JB Danquah and others, went to jail. Some of them died in jail. So, let nobody be scared. From what I have witnessed in Akwatia, the dedication and sacrifice by our youth give me hope that in 2028, if we work in unity, victory will be ours.”
“So, I will not abandon here and run to Accra while our foot soldiers are here working because Sofo Azorka says he will kill me, so I am running away. If he says he will kill me, he should go ahead and kill me.
As a human, once you die, that’s it. So, if he claims to have the strength to kill, so be it,” he stated.
Afenyo Markin’s comments come on the heels of the National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Sofo Azorka, who has expressed anger over an unannounced visit by the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to the NDC party office during the ongoing Akwatia by-election.
Afenyo-Markin’s visit to the NDC office sparked a heated exchange between NDC members and the entourage of the Minority Leader.
NDC supporters alleged that the NPP’s Afenyo-Markin and his team stormed the NDC office to remove some posters of their candidate.
According to Azorka, Afenyo-Markin, the NPP is trying to use undemocratic strategies.
He further warned Alexander Afenyo-Markin that a by-election will be held in Afenyo-Markin’s constituency if he tries anything.
Speaking to the media, Chief Sofo Azorka stated, “Wallahi, we go do by-election in his hometown.”
“Fiang Fiang what does he want here? Is he the NDC secretary? You people should talk to them. You are coming to our office to do what? You people are journalists, talk to them, this is not parliament that he will be talking anyhow, here is a freedom field our eyes are red”, he added.
Also, NDC’s Azoka also clashed with NPP vice Chair Alhaji Osman Masawudufor mentioning him in an interview.
Meanwhile, voting has ended in the Akwatia constituency with 119 polling stations voting to elect a new member of parliament following the sad passing of Ernest Kumi.
Over 50,000 registered voters are expected to cast their ballots.
The Electoral Commission (EC) confirmed that polls closed at 5 p.m. after a day of voting across 119 polling stations.
The EC officials have begun tallying the votes and counting in all 119 polling stations has begun.
The Akwatia by-election was contested between Solomon Asumadu of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Bernard Badidoo Bediako of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Turnout across the constituency was described as positive, but there were some challenges.
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We are not afraid of the death threats of Azorka, for we are resolute in our efforts to ensure that victory is chalked
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