{
  "id": 1113700,
  "title": "COKA crushes Kokofu to win NPP Ashanti chairmanship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/coka-crushes-kokofu-to-win-npp-ashanti-chairmanship",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T20:06:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/coka-crushes-kokofu-to-win-npp-ashanti-chairmanship/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, popularly known as COKA, has been elected Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), defeating former Bantama Member of Parliament, Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, by a wide margin. COKA polled 658 votes in Saturday’s regional chairmanship election, August 15, 2026, against Dr Kokofu’s 269 votes, to secure a decisive victory […] The post COKA crushes Kokofu to win…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Napo urges unity ahead of NPP Regional Executive Elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/napo-urges-unity-ahead-of-npp-regional-executive-elections",
        "published": "2026-08-14T12:32:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "COKA, Kokofu, Abronye ,Okoe-Boye among big names in NPP regional elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/coka-kokofu-abronye-okoe-boye-among-big-names-in-npp-regional",
        "published": "2026-08-14T15:47:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "NPP Regional Executive Elections: COKA and Henry Kokofu face off in Ashanti Region",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/npp-regional-executive-elections-coka-and-henry-kokofu-face-off-in",
        "published": "2026-08-14T16:29:43.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}