Fred Nuamah has revealed that he was surprised when his best friend, John Dumelo, changed his mind about not running in the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary in Ayawaso West Wuogon.
In an interview with Graphic Showbiz, he talked about how surprised he was that his colleague John Dumelo decided to run again, though he had said he wouldn’t. People’s speculations about how he will betray their friendship is wrong, because Dumelo told him and others that he would not be running for a seat in the Greater Accra Region.
“Truthfully, I am surprised about his U-turn because it was evident and crystal clear that he was not going for the Ayawaso seat anymore and rather invest in Guan/SALL. Frankly, it’s late to step down. My brother informed me and a lot of people that he was not going to contest the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency again. He gave me his blessings when I made up my mind to contest.”
Mr. Nuamah said rather than run against him, “I would have rather expected him to fulfill his word when he said he wouldn’t contest the seat and, therefore, throw his support behind me.”
Fred Nuamah announced his candidature with posters on his social media profiles in early February. Because of their friendship, many wondered if this was a sign that Dumelo would shift his attention elsewhere.
Nevertheless, on Sunday, February 26, 2023, Dumelo tweeted that “After extensive consultation with my God, my family and our party faithful in Ayawaso West Wuogon. This is the second coming.”
The announcement that Fred Nuamah and John Dumelo will be competing to represent Ayawaso West Wuogon on the NDC ticket in the next 2024 election caught Ghanaians by surprise.
John and Fred are good friends and running against each other for the same office in the same party in the same district (Ayawaso West Wuogon) in 2019. Fred was even John’s best man at his 2019 wedding.
National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate John Dumelo lost the 2020 election for the constituency seat to New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Lydia Seyram Alhassan.
Source – Tru News Report
