NPP Suspends Parliamentary Aspirant Over Allegations Against Hajia Alima

The governing New Patriotic Party has suspended a Parliamentary aspirant in Nalerigu-Gambaga, Peter Wuni Baaga over “unsubstantiated” claims made against Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama.

Wuni Baaga alleged that he masterminded an election rigging that saw the Hajia Alima Mahama winning the seat for the first time in the area.

“Alima knows what I did for her to become an MP. We will all account for our deeds on judgment day. She has so soon forgotten all these struggles and is taking me now for a fool but I won’t allow it to happen”, he disclosed on a local radio station in Nalerigu.

He also alleged that Hajia Alima tried to mastermind his sack as a DCE under the erstwhile Kufuor administration in 2008.

“She went pleading with the then President through the Chief of Staff to fire me because my continued stay was a threat to her winning the seat. I was summoned to the then seat of government (Castle Osu) but while on the way, I was involved in an accident, and my vehicle was damaged beyond repair. At the meeting, she repeated that I was campaigning against her but I questioned her how she became an MP….I demanded to know whether or not we rigged the election for her. She admitted that her votes were short but I (Peter Wuni) knew what I did for her to win”, he revealed.

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In response to these allegations, a letter from the NPP office in the North East Region, indicated the suspension of Peter Wuni Baaga, adding that, investigations are still ongoing into his alleged misconduct.

“This action has been necessitated by certain utterances you made during a radio programme at Tizaa FM, a local radio station based in Nalerigu in the evening of 12th May 2020,” the statement signed by Fuseini Nurudeen, NPP North East Regional Chairman stated.

The party said the “utterances were in breach of Article 4(7) of the NPP constitution and the General Guidelines governing the parliamentary primaries issued by the General Secretary.”

He was advised to stop all his campaign activities and “cooperate with the Disciplinary Committee of the party for a resolution of the matter.”