{
  "id": 14971569,
  "title": "NDC Director of Elections defends Zakaria Abdulai’s Juaben Chairmanship bid amid sexual assault allegations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ndc-director-of-elections-defends-zakaria-abdulais-juaben",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T14:03:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/news/ndc-director-of-elections-defends-zakaria-abdulais-juaben-chairmanship-bid-amid-sexual-assault-allegations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Acting Director of Elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mahdi Gibril, has defended the party’s Juaben Constituency Secretary, Zakaria Abdulai's bid for Chairmanship, amid allegations of sexual assault involving female students.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}