Wednesday, January 18, 2012

NDC aspirant disqualified for using wife ID card

Sefwi Wiaso NDC constituency has disqualified one of the parliamentary aspirants, Thomas Armah for presenting his wife’s party ID card as identification during committee vetting.
According to the youth organiser, Kwaku Saibu, the committee decided to disqualify Thomas Armah because he failed to convince them he was a party loyal member by presenting his wife’s ID card.
He tells Adom news that Thomas Armah told them that he had lost his party membership card, the situation which forced him to
Disqualified Thomas Armah confirmed that he used his wife (Mrs Monica Aba Mintah) party card as identification during the vetting process.
He explains that the party officials have not issued new party cards for the past four years stating that this informed his decision to present his wife ID to the vetting committee.
According to him, some of the committee members have given him the green light to use it. Thomas Armah said he suspected some party officials behind his disqualification. He stated that a lot of the members have labeled him potential threats to the rest of the aspirants.
Thomas Armah stated that he has therefore written a petition to the constituency executives to review his disqualification.

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