Another Ghanaian cop quits to contest opposition NDC parliamentary race

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Detective Corporal John Evans Ayerakwa-Kumordzi

Another Ghanaian policeman, Detective Corporal John Evans Ayerakwa-Kumordzi, has resigned from the Service to contest a parliamentary primary on the ticket of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The 35-year-old officer with the Akropong District Command said he quit his job in February to annex the Okere constituency seat.

“I have been in the Police Service for 11 years. I joined the Police service in 2008 but I resigned in February this year. Right after the Police Academy I was posted into my constituency so I have worked here for 11 good years,” he told Accra-based Starr FM.

He added: “I have been with the people for the past 11 years because I was a Detective. So I have been with the people for a very long time and I know their challenges, so I think this is the right time for me to lead the constituency to help them have better living condition.”

The former Police officer was part of three other Parliamentary hopefuls who have picked the nomination forms to with intention to contest the Primaries in the constituency .

Corporal John Ayerawa-Kumordzi, a former CID operative is hopeful of winning the primaries and subsequently recapture the Okere Constituency seat which was a stronghold of the NDC in 1992 untill 2001 when the ruling New Patriotic Party won and occupies till date with the incumbent Member of Parliament Dan Kwaku Botwe.

The Ex-Police officer has also vowed to ensure that he garners enough votes for the NDC flagbearer John Mahama in 2020 to win the Presidential election.

The development comes few days after the executive secretary to the Inspector General of Police, Superintendent Peter Lanchene Tuubo retired voluntarily from the service to contest the Wa West Parliamentary primaries of the NDC.

Source: Daily Mail GH

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