[ 2016-11-13 ]

Nii Lante Vanderpuye is devil incarnate - Bannerman
Odododiodio MP Nii Lantey Vanderpuye is a devil
incarnate who is bent on destabilising the peace
in the constituency in order to retain his seat,
aspiring Member of Parliament Nii Lantey Bannerman
has stated.

The NPP parliamentary candidate for the
Odododiodio constituency is accusing the incumbent
Vanderpuye of fuelling the chaos in the
constituency to score political points.

Nii Lantey Vanderpuye and Nii Lantey Bannerman are
the two leading candidates in the parliamentary
contest for the Odododiodio constituency in the
Greater Accra Region.

The two have had a series of exchanges with the
latest ending up in a brawl.

Sports minister and incumbent MP Nii Lantey
Vanderpuye is alleged to have punched Bannerman a
number of times in the process. This was after
supporters of the two candidates clashed in a
bloody encounter that left three persons
hospitalised last Tuesday.

The incumbent Member of Parliament, Nii Lante
Vanderpuye, alleged that the NPP’s Nii Lante
Bannerman masterminded the attacks on his
supporters on Tuesday [November 8] night when his
team had ended a rally at Jamestown in the
constituency. According to him, Mr Bannerman had
organized some young men to attack his team
members with guns, machetes and other weapons.

But Nii Lantey Bannerman refutes the claim but
rather accuses the incumbent MP of being behind
the attacks. Subsequently, he alleges the sitting
MP made a personal attack on him – an incident
he has since reported to the police.

Reacting to the accusations and counter
accusations, Nii Lantey Bannerman said there was
no way he was going to associate himself with Nii
Lantey Vanderpuye even if it would cost the
constituency the peace and calm it has enjoyed in
the recent past.

“There’s no way I will associate myself with
an evil man… I know what Nii Lante Vanderpuye is
up to, I know what he is up to… This is somebody
who out of no provocation came out of his car and
started throwing punches. He comes to the public
to portray himself as somebody who is
peaceful…”

He continued, “…it is never his nature to even
preach peace. He goes around telling people he’s
going to be a pastor after politics but let’s
not be deceived by the devil himself. I’m saying
on authority Nii Lante Vanderpuye is the devil
incarnate.” Nii Lantey Vanderpuye is meanwhile
urging the police to act swiftly and bring closure
to the impasse in the constituency or risk having
constituents ‘defend themselves’.

“For months now I have been preaching peace. I
don’t care how you define it. We have reached
our limits. We can’t sit down and these people
will shoot our people just for nothing. If the
Police will not defend us, we will defend
ourselves.“ he told Citi Fm’s Bernard Avle

The governing NDC has had the lion’s share of
votes in both presidential and parliamentary
elections in the Odododiodio constituency since
1992 with the NPP only managing to win the
parliamentary seat in 2000.

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