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Albert Kan Dapaah Jnr, the only contender in the Ablekuma West New Patriotic Party parliamentary primaries, failed to clear the first hurdle in his bid to unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful. The party’s regional executives failed Mr Kan Dapaah Jnr, who had earlier alleged that constituency executives were playing hide and seek with nomination forms. In February, Mr Kan Dapaah, who is the son of the National Security Minister, vowed to unseat the incumbent MP, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, as the party’s parliamentary candidate in the constituency.  But he cited foul play after he was allegedly left stranded at the party’s constituency office on February 5, 2020, when he arrived to pick up nomination forms to contest the primaries. After his vetting, the Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the NPP, Parker Ordalai France, told Class FM that the young politician did not make the mark. He was, however, quick to add that Mr Kan Dapaah Jnr had not been dis...

Written By Elochukwu Nicholas Ohagi, For Family Writers Press International. The fear of being taken, denied job, killed or imprisoned have kept lots of people away from speaking out against the state-sponsored terrorism being perpetrated in Nigeria. Of a truth, this time is really a dangerous time to speak out against evil; this is why many known outspoken voices have either remained mute or joined the oppressors by supporting them. Countless times, I have been admonished by people whose only interest is to see no harm come to me, to desist from writing to expose the atrocities and evils going on in Nigeria. According to them, many people in this country have been framed and imprisoned or even assassinated simply because they spoke out against evil. The Nigeria government who seem to share same ideology with the terrorists is tacitly using Boko Haram terrorists, ISWAP and Fulani herdsmen to wipe off Christian communities in the North. If care is not taken, in two years time, ther...