I cried when Obuor lost NPP primaries – Okyeame Kwame
Music icon Okyeame Kwame says he broke down into tears when his colleague Obuor lost his parliamentary primaries in the New Patriotic Party contest in June. According to him, Obuor would have been a good representative for his people in parliament because he is selfless. “I cried when Obuor lost his primaries. He is the most selfless human being I know and I know he would have been an amazing MP for the people. I have confidence he will succeed in future,” the Faithful hitmaker told Bola Ray on Starr Chat Wednesday. He also revealed going into politics has crossed his mind in recent times. “Going into politics has crossed my mind 50% of the time. My wife says I don’t have the heart for politics but I don’t think I should have the heart before I get into it”. Obour, who was bidding to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante Akyem South constituency in the Ashanti Region, lost in the primary held on Saturday, June 20. He polled 296 votes while incumbent Member of Parliament, Kwaku Asante Boateng polled 360. Obour revealed his intentions to run for Parliament last year and had taken steps towards that by initiating a number of development projects in the Asante Akyem constituency. His bid was not without controversy as a number of musicians including D Black and Criss Waddle asked delegates not to vote for him because he was inefficient and corrupt while NPP executives in the constituency were divided. Starrfm Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Reports of robberies at UCC false – Police
Authorities of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have denied reports of mass robbery on campus last night. It comes after images of students appearing to run from an attack flooded social media Tuesday morning. Reports suggested the alleged robbers moved through halls and ransacked rooms. But reacting to the development, the Public Relations Officer of the University Major Retired Kofi Baah Bentum said there has been no incident on campus in recent times. “Nothing of the sort happened, it was somebody trying to be mischievous. It was a prank call. What happened yesterday was somebody being mischievous. We did our investigations and nothing like that happened. The security patrol team has checked all and nothing happened. No robber was found, no arrest was made and nothing of that matter happened. I can say for a matter of fact that there is no robbery or anything of the sort on campus,” he told Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Tuesday. Also commenting on the development, the Central Regional Police Command said reports of robberies on the university campus are inaccurate. “The Central regional police command wants to put on record that we don’t have reports of such nature. Again we have verified from the university authorities and they don’t seem to have any idea of the said incident,” Public Relations Officer of the Central regional Police DSP Irene Oppong said. Robberies on the rise The Ashanti Regional head of the Electoral Commission Benjamin Bannor was on Monday reportedly robbed at gunpoint on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway. Starr News sources say the regional boss of the Electoral Commission was attacked while returning to Kumasi from an official trip to the Western region. The robbers reportedly seized his personal belongings and that of other occupants of the Nissan Patrol vehicle on which they were travelling. The attack comes in the wake of reports of rising highway robberies in the country. Last Friday, the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman was killed in a robbery attack while returning from a midnight campaign. Confirming the news to Starr News, the NPP first vice constituency Chairman Wofa Yaw said they were returning from a campaign tour when armed robbers attacked them. He said the MP was identified by the robbers before shooting him to death The body has since been deposited at the Saltpond Mortuary. Source: Starrfm. Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications